Community · Treasure Valley
Kuna, Idaho Homes for Sale
Kuna began as an 1880s railroad stop on the high desert south of Meridian. Today Indian Creek still runs through the old townsite, and new subdivisions spread across the farmland on every side. Searching homes for sale in Kuna, ID? Here is what the town looks like on the ground and in the numbers.
27,158
Population
$423,900
Median home value (owner estimate)
2008
Median year built
28.9 min
Average commute
$423,900
Median home value (owner estimate)
2008
Median year built
Founded in Boise in 2015
Featured in Realtor.com and People Magazine
What it's like
Living in Kuna
Kuna's story starts on the Silver Trail, the stage road that carried freight from Boise to the Owyhee mines, and at 15 Mile House, the rest stop that became the area's first settlement. In 1882 the Oregon Short Line set up a work camp where that road crossed the tracks and named it Kuna. A later townsite took shape after a picnic on Indian Creek, according to the City of Kuna's history page.
Indian Creek is still the center of town. The city greenbelt follows the creek to Orchard Street, with shade trees, picnic tables, a skate park and a BMX dirt track. Bernie Fisher Park, at the southwest corner of Main Street and Linder Road, hosts Kuna Days and the December park lighting.
Head south and the houses thin out fast. Swan Falls Road leaves town at Avalon Street and enters the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area. The BLM's 62-mile driving tour passes Kuna Butte and Initial Point, the lava butte where Idaho's official land survey began in 1867.
Most of the housing is recent. Census ACS 2020 to 2024 estimates (B25034, B25024) put 75.8% of Kuna's homes as built in 2000 or later, and 92.3% are detached single-family houses.
Where to look
Kuna neighborhoods and areas
Every part of Kuna offers something different. Here are some sourced starting points:
- Original townsite and Indian Creek. This is the older street grid around Main Street, 4th Street and the greenbelt. Older homes are scarce here: the ACS 2020 to 2024 (B25034) counts just 7.3% of Kuna's housing as built before 1980.
- Valor. A planned golf community in Kuna with Medallion, Medallion Greens and Toll Brothers sections. The developer lists 36 holes on three courses, plus clubhouses and pools.
- Thunder Rock. A Lennar community in four collections (Flint Point, Slate Ridge, Granite Peak and Iron Bluff), which Lennar describes as close to Indian Creek.
- Hubble Homes communities. Hubble's site lists Riverton, Sabino's Rocky Ridge and Sera Sole in Kuna.
- Swan Falls Road corridor. The south side of town, where farm and sagebrush country takes over on the way to the conservation area.
New construction in Kuna, ID
If you're touring model homes, ask each builder about its agent-registration rules before your first visit. Some require your agent to come with you or be named in advance.
Active listings
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Market snapshot
Kuna housing market
| Measure | Figure | Source, date |
|---|---|---|
| Owner-estimated median value, Kuna | $423,900 (±$17,290) | Census ACS 2020 to 2024, B25077 |
Commuting from Kuna
The Census ACS 2020 to 2024 puts Kuna's average one-way commute at 28.9 minutes (S0801), and 50.7% of trips take half an hour or more (B08303). Only 18.9% of Kuna workers have jobs inside the city (B08008). Most drive north on Meridian Road (State Highway 69) toward Meridian and Interstate 84, and about one in ten (10.0%) work from home (B08301). Drive times change with season and construction, so do a test run at rush hour before you commit to an address.
Kuna FAQs
FAQ
Yes. Active communities include Valor, Thunder Rock and several Hubble Homes neighborhoods. Kuna issued permits for 1,208 new homes in 2025, 1,062 of them single-unit houses, and 967 more from January through August 2026.
Kuna owners put their homes’ median value at $423,900 in the Census Bureau’s 2020 to 2024 survey. That is an owner estimate, not a sale price. Ask us for the latest closed sales.
The average Kuna commute is 28.9 minutes each way (Census ACS 2020 to 2024). Most drivers head north on Meridian Road toward I-84.
In town, the Indian Creek greenbelt and Bernie Fisher Park. South of town, Swan Falls Road leads into the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area and the BLM's self-guided driving tour.
Yes. Our agents represent buyers with builders and on resale homes, and we represent Kuna sellers too.
Kuna Joint School District No. 3 covers about 97% of the city’s land in Census Bureau boundary files, and the northern 3% is West Ada territory (Joint School District No. 2). The districts draw these lines, so ask them about any one home.
The City of Kuna runs its own pressurized irrigation, with several pump stations and storage ponds. Its season starts when Boise-Kuna Irrigation District and New York Irrigation District begin delivering water, usually mid-to-late April. On state maps, the Boise-Kuna district’s service area covers about 36% of the city.
Nearby: Melba
Melba is a small Canyon County city about 12 miles south-southwest of Kuna (straight-line, Census 2024 Gazetteer points). A 2025 city letter to Canyon County places it roughly 2 miles from State Highway 45, with a cliff band south of town dropping toward the Snake River. We don't publish separate Melba market figures, so ask an agent about current listings there.
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Sellers
Selling a home in Kuna
When you sell resale in Kuna, you're often competing with a builder's model home a few blocks away. Price against recent closed resales in your own subdivision, note any builder promotions nearby, and highlight what a new build can't offer yet: mature landscaping, finished fencing, a lived-in street. We'll prepare a valuation from current comps.
Timber and Love Realty, LLC helps clients sell homes in Kuna, Ada County. List on the open market with a local agent.
Local expertise
Working with a Kuna real estate agent
Timber and Love Realty, LLC is a Boise brokerage, and we help buyers and sellers in Kuna. Your Kuna agent will be Mira DiMaggio, whose profile lists new construction and land among her areas of work, associate broker Travis Bolen, or designated broker Jennifer Carr.
A Kuna realtor on your side can compare builder contracts, check lot and HOA documents, and price resales against the new homes down the street.
Talk with an agent who knows Kuna block by block, whether you're buying, selling, or just getting oriented.
Timber and Love Realty, LLC; Designated Broker: Jennifer Carr, DB40824; Equal Housing Opportunity