Boise Idaho National Recognition
| Boise Consistently Ranks in the Top 10 Best Places to LIVE, WORK, PLAY |
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| August 2023 |
#1 Best Small City for Raising a Family Pheabs |
| July 2023 |
#8 Best Place for First Time Home Buyers Wallethub |
| July 2023 |
#1 Lowest Average Residential Price for Natural Gas WalletHub |
| June 2023 |
#12 Best Place to Live US News and World Report |
| April 2023 |
#6 Best Large City to start a Business Wallethub |
| April 2023 |
#10 Best Place to Live Out West Livability |
| March 2023 |
#16 Happiest City The Street |
| June 2022 |
Best Run Cities in America Wallethub |
| June 2022 |
Most Economically Resilient Cities Strategistico |
| January 2022 |
Most Promising City RocketHomes |
| December 2021 |
13th Best Place to Live Money Magazine |
| November 2021 |
3 of Top 30 Boomtowns in America SmartAsset |
| November 2021 |
#17 State in Talent Attraction Emsi |
| November 2021 |
Idaho receives a AAA Credit Rating Fitch Ratings |
| October 2021 |
#13 Best Cities to Live In Money Magazine |
| October 2021 |
#8 Site Selection for Manufacturing Site Selection Group |
| September 2021 |
#13 Best Place to Live in America Money Magazine |
| July 2021 |
#8 Best City for Active Lifestyles StorageCafe |
| May 2020 |
#1 Best City for Corna Virus Recovery Forbes |
| January 2021 |
Cities with the Best Work-Life Balance SmartAsset |
| December 2020 |
Best Place for Early Retirees SmartAsset |
| November 2020 |
America's Best Places to Invest in Real Estate CEO World Magazine |
| October 2020 |
#2 Cities Whose Jobs are Recovering Wallethub |
| September 2020 |
#5 Best City to Drive-In WalletHub |
| September 2020 |
#14 Most Friendly Bike City SmartAsset |
| September 2020 |
Best Real Estate Market Wallet Hub |
| August 2020 |
Best Place to Retire Forbes |
| July 2020 |
Top Real Estate Market WalletHub |
| July 2020 |
Best City for Manufacturing Jobs Kempler Industries |
| July 2020 |
Best City for First Time Home Buyers Wallet Hub |
| September 2019 |
10 Cities with Up and coming Coffee Culture Market Watch |
| September 2019 |
Destination in the Mountain West TheDailyBeast |
| September 2019 |
The Next American west Destination Daily Beast |
| September 2019 |
10 Cities with Up-and-Coming Coffee Cultures Market Watch |
| September 2019 |
#6 Happiest State Wallet Hub |
| August 2019 |
#7 City with the Most Added Jobs USA Today |
| August 2019 |
Most Beautiful City in America MyDomaine |
| June 2019 |
Unique Destinations to the Outdoors USA TODAY |
| May 2019 |
Go to Boise for the Art Scene? Yep! Seattle Times |
| March 2019 |
#1 Best Place to Live Livability |
| February 2019 |
Wowed in Idaho's Cultural Epicenter ATOD magazine |
| February 2019 |
#2 Best State Capitol to Live In WalletHub |
| January 2019 |
Where to Buy a Home in 2019 BusinessInsider |
| January 2019 |
Best Destinations To Visit In 2019 (Sun Valley) LA Times |
| November 2018 |
#7 Best City for Veterans to Live In Veterans United |
| November 2018 |
#1 Cheapest Utilities Move.org |
| August 2018 |
Best Kept Secret in Pacific Northwest USA TODAY |
| July 2018 |
#4 Best City for First Time Home Buyers WalletHub |
| May 2018 |
13 Cities Anyone would be Luck to Live Business Insider |
| March 2018 |
#2 Best US Destination You Need to See in 2018 Lonely Planet |
| February 2018 |
#6 Best Neighborhoods in America to Spend a Weekend Thrillist |
| February 2018 |
#4 North America's Coolest Downtowns Expedia |
| January 2019 |
Where to Buy a Home in 2019 BusinessInsider |
| December 2017 |
50 Best Places to Travel in 2018 Travel & Leisure |
| November 2017 |
Top 10 Best City for Veterans WalletHub |
| November 2017 |
#2 US City that is Hipper than you Think JetSetter |
| August 2017 |
Top Performing Economy Bloomberg |
| July 2017 |
#1 Best Run City in America (Nampa) WalletHub |
| July 2017 |
#3 Best Run City in America (Boise) WalletHub |
| July 2017 |
Top Ten Cheapest States to Live in 2017 CNBC |
| May 2017 |
Top 25 Best Mountain Towns Ever "Best Rocky Mountain Secret" Outside Magazine |
| May 2017 |
Best American City You Should Visit Before It's Too Popular Thrillist |
| April 2017 |
Top 20 Best Cities for Young Professionals Forbes |
| April 2017 |
North America's Coolest Downtowns Expedia |
| April 2017 |
#4 Best Place to Retire 2017 Forbes |
| April 2017 |
11 Satelite Cities Poised to Thrive in 2017 Kiplinger |
| March 2017 |
Top 10 Cities for Young Families 2017 Movebuddha |
| February 2017 |
Under-Appreciated Cities You Should Totally Move To Thrillist |
| February 2017 |
Top 10 Safest Driving City During Wet Weather Allstate |
| February 2017 |
#12 Best Place to Live US News & World Report |
| February 2017 |
2017 #2 Best Capital To Live In WalletHub |
| January 2017 |
Top Ten Hottest Tavel Destination of 2017 Livability |
| January 2017 |
#6 Best Downtown Vogue |
| January 2017 |
Top 25 Best Performing Cities Miliken Institute |
| November 2016 |
#6 Best Downtown Livability |
| October 2016 |
#2 Best City to Live in - Meridian Wallet Hub |
| September 2016 |
#38 Most Fun City in America Wallet Hub |
| July 2016 |
#1 City for Job Love Monster |
| July 2016 |
#8 Best City for Recreation WalletHub |
| June 2016 |
Top Amazing Place Smart Growth America |
| June 2016 |
Best Run City (Overall City Services) - Boise WalletHub |
| June 2016 |
Best Run City (Budget per Capita) - Nampa WalletHub |
| June 2016 |
Top State for Happiest Workers Yahoo Finance |
| April 2016 |
Top 10 Best Air Quality Realtor.com |
| April 2016 |
Lowest Cost Metro in Pacific U.S. KPMG |
| March 2016 |
#6 Best Place to Live in the US US News | Real Estate |
| March 2016 |
Top 10 Best Places to Live Men's Journal |
| March 2016 |
#6 Best Downtown Livability |
| February 2016 |
Top 10 Best Capital City WalletHub |
| January 2016 |
Top 10 Hottest Housing Markets of 2016 Zillow |
| January 2016 |
Top States for Job Growth Forbes | |
| January 2016 |
Best Place to Live US News & World Report |
| December 2015 |
#1 Most Caring City in America WalletHub |
| December 2015 |
#2 State for Volunteerism Corporation for National & Community Service |
| November 2015 |
#2 Most Artistic Mid-Sized City in America gogobot |
| November 2015 |
Best City to Live In- Meridian, ID USA Today |
| October 2015 |
Top 20 Greenest Cities in America Wallethub |
| September 2015 |
Top 10 Best Towns for College Football Time Magazine |
| September 2015 |
#2 Best City for Millennial Entrepreneurs FastCompany |
| September 2015 |
Top 100 Best Places to Live Livability |
| July 2015 |
#3 State with Fastest Job Growth in 2015 Kiplinger via MSN Money |
| Jan 2015 |
Best Place to Live Livability |
| Sept 2014 |
Best Place to Live- Meridian Money |
| June 2014 |
Dare To Go Places CNN |
| May 2014 |
Best Place for Kids Livability |
| May 2014 |
Best Place to Retire CNN Money |
| April 2014 |
Best City To Raise Your Family Property Cluster |
| April 2014 |
Best City For Families Outside Magazine |
| March 2014 |
Best City to Move to SML |
| February 2014 |
Top 25 Places to Retire Forbes |
| February 2014 |
Fastest Growing City (#16) Forbes |
| November 2013 |
Top 100 Place to Live (#11) Livability |
| October 2013 |
Best Place to Retire Money.CNN.com |
| October 2013 |
Top 100 Places to Live Livability.com |
| July 2013 |
Top 10 Safest Cities Realtor.com |
| June 2013 |
Most Entrepreneurial States CNN Money |
| June 2013 |
Best City for Family Forbes |
| January 2013 |
Fastest Growing City Forbes |
| January 2013 |
Healthiest Cities for Women Women's Health |
| October 2012 |
Top 10 Livable Downtowns Livability |
| Sept 2011 |
Best Place to Retire CNN Money |
| Augst 2010 |
Best in the West Outside Magazine |
| July 2010 |
Meridian, ID- Top 10 Best Towns for Families Family Circle |
| April 2010 |
Top 20 Town of the Future Sunset Magazine |
| April 2010 |
Top 20 Innovative Towns Forbes Magazine |
| December 2009 |
Best Business Oriented City Market Watch |
| May 2008 |
Best Place to Live Work Play Kiplingers Personal Finance |
| May 2008 |
Best Place to Raise a Family BestLife |
| May 2008 |
Boise Schools Rank Nationally Newsweek |
| May 2008 |
Top 100 Places to Relocate Relocate.com |
| February 2008 |
Best Place to Live and Launch CNN Money |
| February 2008 |
Best Place for Business and Careers Forbes |
| January 2008 |
Best Communities for Young People America's Promise Alliance |
| Novenber 2007 |
Best Walking Cities Prevention Magazine |
| October 2007 |
Idaho Ranks in Top 10 for 25 Categories Corporation for Enterprise Development |
| September 2007 |
No End on Sight for Idaho's Growth USA Today |
| June 2007 |
Best City for Mid-Level Professionals Kiplinger |
| May 2007 |
The next Tech Boom City CNBC |
| April 2007 |
#3 Best City for Business and Careers Forbes |
| April 2007 |
9th Best Midsize City INC. com |
| April 2007 |
37th Top Overall City INC.com |
| April 2007 |
America's Top 100 Places to Live for 2007 Relocate-America.com |
| January 2007 |
Ada County is ninth in the nation for job growth US Department of Labor |
| December 2006 |
Boise-Nampa most Secure large metropolitan area Farners Group of Insurance Companies/ Sperling |
| November 2006 |
Boise Highest Potential for Growth in Rocky Mountain Region Based on 300 Top Executives in study by Key Bank |
| November 2006 |
Idaho among top in U.S. for home value appreciation rate Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (page2 item #5) |
| October 2006 |
#4 Best Metro Overall
Forbes Magazine |
| September 2006 |
Where to Retire Retire Magazine |
| August 2006 |
Where to Live and Play National Geographic Adventure Magazine |
| July 2006 |
Where to Live and Play Money |
| April 2006 |
Migration Report
UHaul Boise Highest growth for 2nd year |
| March 2006 |
Top 30 Market to whatch Top 10 Housing Bubble Blowers Bankrate.com |
| May 2005 |
Best Place for Business and Careers Forbes |
| May 2005 |
Best Places for doing Business in America Inc. Magazine |
| April 2005 |
Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial Regions
Fort Watch |
| Ten Best Places to Live Sperling Best Places for Outdoor Activities Sperling |
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