Best PlacesKuna, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kuna, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kuna ranks 584th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kuna
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Kuna's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kuna ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 98% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of cities
Where Kuna ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 8% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Kuna
A household needs to earn about $120,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kuna home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $101,992, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Kuna's effective rate of 0.47%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kuna
Kuna runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kuna.
Who works in Kuna, and how
Work in Kuna centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Kuna
Kuna has more parkland per resident than 78% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Kuna and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kuna, month by month
Kuna sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 26° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 95° | 79° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Kuna
Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field sits about 10 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 59 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Kuna
Schools across Kuna average a C+, better than 38% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Falcon Ridge Public CharterA · 63% proficient
- Silver Trail Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Melba Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lake Hazel Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Les Bois Junior High SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Meridian Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Timberline High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
- Mountain View High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Meridian High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kuna school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kuna measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Kuna against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Kuna suits
Families
Schools land around the 38th percentile and crime safety beats 97%.
Common questions about living in Kuna
Is Kuna a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kuna ranks 584th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state finances, cheap car insurance, and a strong job market, and lowest on internet speeds and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kuna expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $480,720. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $101,992 median income, cost of living beats 63% of cities.
Is Kuna safe?
Yes, Kuna is safer than 97% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $182 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Kuna?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 26. That works out to about 123 pleasant days a year, more than 71% of cities.
Is Kuna good for families?
Schools beat 38% of cities, crime safety beats 97%, and childcare runs $968 a month.
Compare Kuna with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kuna. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kuna represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Kuna detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kuna: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kuna: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kuna: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kuna: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kuna detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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