Star, Idaho

Star population, 2020 to 2024

Star added 6,742 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +58.8%. In the latest year it moved by +1,821. Among 36 Idaho places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 1st; the median place changed by +8.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Idaho has 16,745 people, so Star is 1.1 times that size.

Star covers 11.51 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,582 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Star is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Star spans

Star crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 18,208 residents as follows; Ada County holds 99.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Star

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Star by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83669. 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 Star is

The Census internal point of Star is at 43.704200, -116.487800. Boise, the capital, is 14.9 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eagle, ID (33,451 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Meridian, ID, 7.8 miles away.

Daylight in Star

At 43.70° N, Star gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Star

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Eagle, 6.2 miles away, with 33,451 people.