Quality of life in Boise
Boise, Idaho, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, healthcare and environmental quality.
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Boise, Idaho, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, healthcare and environmental quality.
Large apartment | $1300.00 |
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Medium apartment | $1000.00 |
Rent index [score] | 0.68 |
Small apartment | $800.00 |
5km taxi ride | $9.00 |
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A Cappuccino | $3.80 |
A beer | $1.60 |
A kilogram of Apples | $3.10 |
Bread | $1.00 |
Inflation [score] | 0.66 |
Lunch | $13.00 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $31.00 |
Monthly public transport | $36.00 |
Movie ticket | $11.00 |
Price of a meal at a restaurant | $63.78 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups | 3 |
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Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.32 |
Coworking spaces [score] | 0.30 |
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 24 |
Meetups [score] | 0.22 |
Meetups groups | 49 |
Meetups members | 11712 |
Number of investors | 30 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 350 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 25 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.45 |
Startup events | 174 |
Startup events [score] | 0.75 |
Startups [score] | 0.52 |
Total number of startups | 90 |
Venture capital [score] | 0.26 |
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Airport hub | 16 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.15 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.11 |
Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/United_States/Boise |
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Traffic handling [score] | 0.86 |
Business freedom | 84.70 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.86 |
Freedom from corruption | 74.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.79 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 91.40 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 1.00 |
Time to open a business | 5.60 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.95 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.77 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 14 |
Guns per 100 residents | 185 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.62 |
Lack of guns [score] | 0.10 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.36 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.99 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.92 |
Life expectancy (years) | 79.28 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.76 |
Country mean scores in PISA math test | 478.04 |
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Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 497.58 |
Country mean scores in PISA science test | 497.41 |
PISA math ranking (high school) | 30 |
PISA ranking | 24 |
PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.72 |
PISA reading (high school) | 16 |
PISA science (high school) | 19 |
Percent of happy students | 0.77 |
Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.26 |
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.17 |
Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.18 |
Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.09 |
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.08 |
Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.07 |
Air quality [score] | 0.69 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 0.95 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.75 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.84 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 1.00 |
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Currency for urban area | USD |
GDP growth rate | 0.02 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.43 |
GDP per capita | $54596.65 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.87 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.54 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.27 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.44 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 175 |
VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.06 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 44.06 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.59 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.10 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 2.99 |
Art galleries | 83 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.61 |
Cinemas | 25 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.47 |
Comedy clubs | 32 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.80 |
Concert venues | 76 |
Concerts [score] | 0.53 |
Historical sites | 26 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.47 |
Museums | 33 |
Museums [score] | 0.37 |
Performing art venues | 76 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.48 |
Sport venues | 30 |
Sports [score] | 0.50 |
Zoos | 4 |
Zoos [score] | 0.68 |
LGBT Equality Index | 72.81 |
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LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.74 |
LGBT adoption rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral) |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | Ambiguous |
LGBT discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT gender changing rights | Ambiguous |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT marriage rights | ✔ Legal |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.65 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.46 |
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Median peak in meters | 1433.00 |
Presence of hills in city | 1.00 |
Presence of mountains in city | 1.00 |
Urban area elevation (meters) | 840.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.59 |
Costs of living in Boise are in the 87th place of all 248 Teleport cities. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
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Software Engineer salaries in Boise are above average. For this job type, Boise ranks 61st for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Boise.
The overall crime rate puts Boise in position 61 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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Boise is the capital and largest city of Idaho. Although its economic growth has its roots in agriculture, the city is now home to many high tech industries. Notable firms such as Albertson's, Micron, WinCo Foods and the J.R. Simplot Company are headquartered here.
Although the exact origin is disputed, the name "Boise" is thought to be derived from the French les bois, or "the trees." The name is a reference to the tree-lined Boise River, which passes through the heart of the city. To this day the city takes its "City of Trees" moniker very seriously, although before settlement there were actually very few trees in the area.
Boise began its life in the mid-1800s as Fort Boise, a U.S. Army installation located at a strategic junction on the Oregon Trail between what were then the major settlements in southern Idaho Territory, the mining camps of Silver City to the south and Idaho City to the northeast. A city grew quickly around the fort, and by 1865 became the capital of Idaho Territory (much to the chagrin of northern Idahoans, namely residents of the original capital of Lewiston). By the dawn of the 20th Century, Boise was far and away the dominant city in the region, having long eclipsed the likes of Silver City and Idaho City.
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