Comparison
Ada County vs Canyon County
Ada County's own district levy is 0.001482616 per dollar. Canyon County's is 0.001520824. Neither number is the tax bill. The bill is the whole code area: school, city, fire, highway, and the rest. The comparison below uses Boise code area 01 and Nampa code area 002-00.
| Boise | Nampa | |
|---|---|---|
| Typical home value | $500,215 | $415,281 |
| Typical rent | $1,900 | $1,668 |
| 2025 code area | 01 | 002-00 |
| Certified total levy | 0.9202% | 0.6680% |
| Estimated tax on that value, primary residence | $3,452.82 | $1,939.04 |
Housing: Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, September 2026. Data provided by Zillow Group. Property tax uses the homeowner's exemption of half the value, capped at $125,000.
Between filing years 2022 and 2023, the IRS matched 11,234 households moving into Ada County from another state and 3,976 households moving into Canyon County. Inside Idaho, 3,601 households moved from Ada County to Canyon County and 2,868 moved from Canyon County to Ada County. A household is one tax return, not a Census count of people, and not a move from one city to another. Where people moved to Idaho from.