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Robie Creek is a small town of 1,213 people in Boise County, Idaho. It's about 12 miles from Boise, ID and 289 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 35 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $585k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,213people
$585kTypical home
$1,029/moRent
86° / 32°Summer / winter
35"Snow
244Sunny days
106Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,213
- Part of a metro area
- About 40 people per sq mi
- 289 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 12 mi to Boise, ID
- 12 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $585k (≈$3,692/mo)
- Median rent $1,029/mo
- Median household income $106k
- Property tax about 0.3% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Dry summers (dew point 40°F)
- 244 sunny days a year (118 totally clear)
- 121 cloudy days a year
- 49 of 90 winter days are gray
- 106 days a year with rain or snow
- 35" of snow a year
- 12 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 8 days a year over 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (193 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (121 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 52
- 22% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 40% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 44 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 13 mi to BOI airport
- 13 mi to BOI (major hub)
- 196 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1993
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 4,774 ft
- 391 mi to the ocean
- 132 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 8 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 16 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 370 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 85 bars within 25 mi
- 173 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 17 museums within 25 mi
- 6 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 28 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 36% of Idaho districts (reading)
- 10 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 5 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 9 mi to the nearest vet
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 10 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Boise County: R+54 in 2024
- Idaho: R+37 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.