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Boise City, ID vs Chapel Hill, NC

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- Chapel Hill is 0% more densely populated than Boise City.
- People are 24.7% less likely to be married in Chapel Hill.
- The Median Age is 12.7 years younger in Chapel Hill.
 Boise City, IDChapel Hill, NCUnited States
 Population  Unlock60,920329,725,481
 Female Population49.6%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.4%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock2538.4
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 Population - 2010209,586  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock48,715285,036,114
 Population - 1990125,738  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock30.8%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now82.7%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock2,828.993.4
 Land Area83.7  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.2264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Boise City, IDChapel Hill, NCUnited States
 Age 0 to 44.7%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock4.3%6.1%
 Age 10 to 146.2%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.5%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.7%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock14.2%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3415.5%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock9.3%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.6%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock4.4%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.7%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock6.5%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.1%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.4%1.9%
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 Race
 Boise City, IDChapel Hill, NCUnited States
 White82.1%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock10.4%12.2%
 Asian3.4%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.3%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.3%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.4%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.3%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock6.8%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Boise City, IDChapel Hill, NCUnited States
 Married Population47.9%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock35.2%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock63.9%50.2%
 Never Married34.8%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock6.1%10.8%
 Widowed4.4%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.462.60
 Households96,395  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock10,63780,755,759
     Married couple, w/children31.8%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock41.5%42.9%
 Non Family Households40,870  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock10.2%15.8%
     Single householder, no children8.9%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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Reviews for Chapel Hill    16 Reviews

Between my wife and I, we've lived in Raleigh, Cary, Durham, and Chapel Hill, and it's Chapel Hill we prefer. Franklin Street is always lively with an eclectic mix of  More

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I am not sure if Bert has actually been to the Triangle, but for starters, Durham, as Chapel Hill residents know and envy, is and has been for 5 yrs now a vibrant  More

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someone told me they live in the hills/mountains right near chapel hill, and the summers are much cooler there, while the town itself is easily accessible. is this  More

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