Idaho · Census place 1623410

Eagle, Idaho

Eagle is a city in Ada County, Idaho with an estimated 33,451 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 12th largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
33,451
#12 of 86 in Idaho
Change since 2020
+5.8%
+1,848 people
Land area
45.2 sq mi
+ 0.51 sq mi water
Density
741 / sq mi
State median 2,389
Orange pin: Eagle. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boise.

Eagle population, 2020 to 2024

Eagle added 1,848 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.8%. In the latest year it moved by +302. Among 36 Idaho places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 24th; the median place changed by +8.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Idaho has 16,745 people, so Eagle is 2.0 times that size.

31.6k202032.8k202133.3k202233.1k202333.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 31,141. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Eagle covers 45.17 square miles of land and 0.51 of water, for 741 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Eagle is less dense than the typical town.

What county Eagle is in

All of Eagle's residents live in Ada County, which had 535,799 residents in 2024. Eagle holds 6.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Eagle

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Eagle by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83616. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Eagle is

The Census internal point of Eagle is at 43.777600, -116.416000. Boise, the capital, is 14.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Meridian, ID (139,740 people), 11.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.777600, -116.416000
DMS
43°46'39.36"N 116°24'57.60"W
UTM
11N 546996.3E 4847337.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
85M5QHHM+2J

Daylight in Eagle

At 43.78° N, Eagle gets about 15 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Eagle

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Star, 6.2 miles away, with 18,208 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Eagle, ID?

33,451 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,848 (5.8%) from 31,603 in July 2020.

What county is Eagle in?

Ada County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Eagle?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83616.

How far is Eagle from Boise?

14.9 miles (24.0 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Eagle.

What is the nearest larger city to Eagle?

Meridian, ID, with 139,740 residents, 11.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.