Can Anyone Afford Boise’s Average Rate Payment In 2025?

If literally anything that has happened so far in 2025 was on your bingo card this year, you must have psychic powers. 2025 is insane, nothing makes sense, and literally everything is expensive. No, we're not ready to talk about the Nintendo Switch 2 and their game prices just yet.

We're talking about living expenses! Having a mortgage to pay, or a rent check to send out every month, is pressing in 2025. Jobs are down, prices on everything are up, so how are we supposed to be able to afford to live?

So, what is the average rent payment in Boise right now?

Are you sitting down? Because, you're going to want to be sitting down for this. As of the writing of this article, Boise's average rent payment is $1,655 per month.

Quick math. Boise's median income for a household of four is $98,700. We don't need to do the division to show you how one quarter of that isn't adding up to a rent payment monthly with prices the way that they are.

So, how are you making it work? If your rent is over $1,600 monthly, how are you paying your bills? Let's connect and see how everyone's doing.

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Oh, you want something new and shiny? Totally get it. It's never fun moving into a grungy, old apartment. Who knows who lived there before you and all the icky things they did? Ick.

Well, if you've got $24,000 a year to blow and you want something nice and fancy, may we present to you some of the newest living options here in Boise, Idaho: