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2021 Boise & Treasure Valley Lifestyle Relocation Magazine
InFORMATIOn PROVIDED BY
Boise Valley Economic Partnership
TREASURE VALLEY
ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT 250 S. 5th Street, Suite 300, Boise, ID 83702
(208) 472 - 5229 | www.bvep.org
he Treasure Valley is a great place to live • A full complement of cultural amenities
Tand work. It has everything you need to including the nationally recognized Idaho
build a business, a career or a family—without Shakespeare Festival, TreeFort, LED, Boise
the big commute, the huge house payment and Philharmonic, Opera Idaho and others.
punishing taxes. • Excellent K-12 schools and post-
Growing Population secondary educational opportunities
• Comprised of the following communities: Diversity
Boise, Meridian, nampa, Kuna, Eagle, • Over 90 different languages are spoken in
Star, Emmett, Garden City, Caldwell and the Boise School District
Mountain Home • Home to the second-largest Basque
• Total population within a 45-minute draw population in north America
area: 750,000 • Home to one of the oldest synagogues in
• Idaho is among the top five fastest the western United States
growing states in the nation (national
Census Bureau) • More than two dozen language courses
available through local universities and
• Low Costs for Business and Living community education programs
• The overall cost of doing business is nearly a
third lower than California and Washington Accessible Transportation
• The cost of living is 92.5 % of the • Bisected by Interstate 84 and Interstate 184
national average • Boise Airport serves more than 3,000,000
• The average cost of a home is 88% of the people a year and is less than five miles
national average from downtown Boise
• no tax on services • ValleyRide provides public bus
transportation throughout the Boise Valley
High Quality of Life • Idaho northern & Pacific Railroad
• The Boise-nampa area is ranked as one (InPR) provides freight service over four
of the most secure large metropolitan branch lines in southwestern Idaho and
areas in the U.S. out of 114 regions northeastern Oregon
nationally with populations of over
500,000 (Farmers Insurance Group) For More Information
• Average commute time is only 22 minutes Boise Valley Economic Partnership
250 S. 5th Street, Suite 300
• Four seasons of world-class outdoor Boise, ID 83702
recreation at your doorstep: skiing, (208) 472 - 5229
hiking, cycling, fishing, rock climbing, www.bvep.org
rafting and more
Contact Helen Carnie for more information 95
