Kuna is a medium-sized city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 28,050 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Kuna is the 14th largest community in Idaho. Kuna has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Kuna, where the median household income is $93,545.00.
Also of interest is that Kuna has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Kuna telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.36% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Kuna is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Kuna really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Kuna perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
In Kuna, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.56 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
In terms of college education, Kuna is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.44% of adults in Kuna have a college degree.
The per capita income in Kuna in 2022 was $33,924, which is upper middle income relative to Idaho, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,696 for a family of four. However, Kuna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Kuna is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kuna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kuna residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Kuna also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.56% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kuna include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Kuna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.