Best places to live in the Boise metro area
Stacker compiled a list of the best places to live in the Boise metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses 15 weighted factors for its rankings. A majority of the score is based on cost of living, higher education rate, housing, public schools, diversity, and crime. You can read more about Niche's methodology here.
#25. Notus
- Niche grade: C
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 709
#24. Grand View
- Niche grade: C
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 431
#23. Greenleaf
- Niche grade: C
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 1,152
#22. Marsing
- Niche grade: C+
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 1,245
#21. Wilder
- Niche grade: C+
- Public school grade: C-
- Population: 1,690
#20. Parma
- Niche grade: B-
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 1,836
#19. Horseshoe Bend
- Niche grade: B-
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 756
#18. Adrian
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 221
#17. New Plymouth
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 1,863
#16. Payette
- Niche grade: C
- Public school grade: C-
- Population: 8,358
#15. Ontario
- Niche grade: C+
- Public school grade: B-
- Population: 11,728
#14. Homedale
- Niche grade: C+
- Public school grade: C
- Population: 3,006
#13. Mountain Home
- Niche grade: C+
- Public school grade: C
- Population: 16,265
#12. Caldwell
- Niche grade: C+
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 63,465
#11. Emmett
- Niche grade: B-
- Public school grade: C
- Population: 7,948
#10. Fruitland
- Niche grade: B-
- Public school grade: B-
- Population: 6,405
#9. Nampa
- Niche grade: B-
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 106,289
#8. Kuna
- Niche grade: B-
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 25,960
#7. Star
- Niche grade: B-
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 13,231
#6. Nyssa
- Niche grade: B-
- Public school grade: B-
- Population: 3,220
#5. Garden City
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 12,483
#4. Middleton
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 10,101
#3. Eagle
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: A-
- Population: 31,490
#2. Meridian
- Niche grade: A-
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 124,865
#1. Boise
- Niche grade: A-
- Public school grade: A-
- Population: 235,701