2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Boise City, ID vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Household income in Long Beach, is 4% more than it is in Boise City and is 3% above the National Average.
- Boise City unemployment rate is 3.6%.
- Long Beach unemployment rate is 11.5%.
 Boise City, IDLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate3.6%11.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth3.6%0.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth50.9%32.5%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%10.3%6.2%
 Income Taxes6.9%8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$40,056$35,856$37,638
 Household Income$68,373$71,150$69,021
 Family Median Income$86,993$79,319$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Boise City, IDLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K7.6%9.7%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.7%3.3%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K8.2%7.1%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K9.1%8.4%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.6%6.7%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.9%8.2%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K10.6%9.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.9%13.7%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K15.7%16.4%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K7.5%8.1%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K8.2%9.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Boise City, IDLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance19.2%15.4%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science9.4%5.9%6.5%
 Community, social services1.7%2.0%1.8%
 Legal1.6%1.1%1.2%
 Education, library6.1%5.8%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.3%3.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.9%5.0%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.7%4.1%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.3%2.3%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving6.4%6.2%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.9%4.0%3.6%
 Personal care2.7%2.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support20.4%21.6%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.9%0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair6.6%6.7%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving8.9%13.6%13.1%
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 Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 4 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 6 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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