City safety & data profile
KunaID
Kuna, ID is a 17K-resident city in Ada County with a median household income of $96,219.
Ada County, Idaho. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Kuna, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Kuna has a population larger than 36% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $423,900, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 17K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 37%
- By size
- $96,219
- Median income (place)
- $423,900
- Median home (place)
- 6.8%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Kuna
Kuna posts a median household income higher than 66% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 hospitals serve the Kuna area.
- Top 34%
- by median income, US cities
- 5
- hospitals in & near Kuna
Composite score · Kuna, ID
64/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Curious how Kuna stacks up nationwide? See the full tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Kuna income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$96,219 Top 34% higher than 66% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Population ranking: ID
Population among 21 ID places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Meridian
Meridian, ID
90,739 residents
- Nampa
Nampa, ID
89,839 residents
- Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls, ID
59,184 residents
- Pocatello
Pocatello, ID
54,441 residents
- Caldwell
Caldwell, ID
51,686 residents
- Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene, ID
49,122 residents
- Twin Falls
Twin Falls, ID
47,468 residents
- Lewiston 32,544
Lewiston, ID
32,544 residents
- Post Falls 30,453
Post Falls, ID
30,453 residents
- Rexburg 27,663
Rexburg, ID
27,663 residents
What this shows By headcount, Meridian ranks #1 here -- income honors go to Eagle.
Highest median incomes in ID
Median household income among the same 21-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Eagle
Eagle, ID
$122,894 median
- Meridian
Meridian, ID
$100,795 median
- Kuna
Kuna, ID
$96,219 median
- Ammon
Ammon, ID
$86,121 median
- Chubbuck
Chubbuck, ID
$82,977 median
- Hayden
Hayden, ID
$82,958 median
- Post Falls
Post Falls, ID
$82,183 median
- Nampa
Nampa, ID
$74,279 median
- Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls, ID
$73,110 median
- Caldwell
Caldwell, ID
$73,058 median
What this shows Eagle posts the highest place-level median income in ID; Meridian is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Kuna, ID beyond the headline numbers
Kuna sits inside Ada County, Idaho, at roughly 43.49°N, -116.42°W. Population 17,226, $96,219 median household income. Median home value $423,900, median rent $1,774. Poverty rate 6.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
5 hospitals in/around Kuna (nearest 5.7 mi away), 4/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER. Climate: 53.2°F annual average, 11.5" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.5% in Kuna, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Kuna's labor market runs tight: 1.9% unemployment, in the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Kuna's median age is 31.8 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Median rent in Kuna, ID runs $1,774/month, above the midpoint for reporting cities -- worth weighing against the income figures on this page.
At 6.8%, poverty in Kuna, ID runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
Remote work covers 10% of Kuna workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
A median home in Kuna runs about 4.4 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
28.6% of Kuna adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Kuna from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Ada County): Kuna's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Money & Work
The clearest outlier in Kuna's numbers is poverty rate: 6.8%, which is 45% below what's typical across the tracked-city set. Median rent also diverges: $1,774/mo, 15% above average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 6.8% -45% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 1.9% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 28.6% |
| Work From Home | 10% |
| Public Transit | 0.2% |
Population Snapshot
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearest Hospitals 5 within 25 mi
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20241.6% below national average
Metro area: Boise City, ID (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Insurance Claims History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelSince 2016, NFIP has paid out $307K across 55 flood insurance claims filed in Ada County.
The NFIP record does not attribute most of this county's claims to one named flood event.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Kuna?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Kuna right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet ID-KUNA · Kuna
Kuna: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Kuna; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Idaho state hubs · Methodology
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Questions & Answers 9
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Similar poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Kuna, both outside Idaho so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside ID (6.8% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside ID ($96,219 here).
Compare Kuna with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Places 8
Using Kuna's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Kuna area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
- Compare Kuna against Idaho peers on any ranking lens. Explore Idaho
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Ada County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.