Are you looking for Houses for Sale Nampa ID? Nampa is the fastest growing city in southwestern Idaho’s Canyon County and is the second largest city in Idaho. Located just twenty miles west of the state capital Boise, Nampa was credited by the 2010 census with a population of more than 81,000. The city was founded in the 1880’s as an important railroad town along the Oregon Short Line Railroad, which in those days ran through Idaho from Wyoming to Oregon.
Today, freight traffic still runs through Nampa along the Union Pacific’s Northwest Corridor. Rail traffic for human transportation, however, has been replaced by Interstate 84 and by general aviation serviced by the Nampa Municipal Airport. As for education, new arrivals in Nampa will find the city amply served by four high schools, four middle schools, and sixteen elementary schools. In addition, two colleges make their home here: College of Western Idaho and Northwest Nazarene University.
Recreation and the arts are well served in Nampa, as well. The city boasts no fewer than twenty-four parks and two city-owned golf courses, one of which is Ridgecrest, ranked the number three golf course in the state. In addition, within a short half-hour drive from town are a wealth of outdoor recreation opportunities, including ski resorts, rock climbing, and mountain hiking. In town, the Idaho Center offers a cluster of sporting and entertainment venues, including an amphitheater, an arena, a horse park, and a track-and-field Sports Center.
Nampa is also arguably the most business-friendly city in Idaho, the state ranked by CNN in 2012 as the most business-friendly state in the U.S. Consistently rated highly by such authorities as Forbes Magazine and CNBC, Nampa is a well-regarded home for business and industry. Newcomers will be pleased to find that prices of new houses for sale Nampa ID range from $150,000 to $200,000, making the cost of living in Nampa much below the national average.
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