Source registry · Verified July 17, 2026
Every important number should lead back to the record.
This is the actual Atlas source catalog: direct links, publishers, geographies, update cadences, checked dates, and the conclusion each source cannot support on its own.
- Verified sources
- 34
- Public publishers
- 17
- Planning feeds
- 9
- City jurisdictions
- 9
Evidence classes
What a source is changes how Atlas uses it.
A primary public record, a licensed market feed, and a Renew assumption can all be useful. They should never be presented as if they carry the same authority.
Reported public fact
- An official agency or first-party public record is linked by name and publisher.
- Geography, reporting period, retrieval date, and known limitation travel with the value.
- Derived values identify the calculation instead of being presented as a directly reported fact.
Licensed or restricted evidence
- MLS, brokerage, subscription, and transaction evidence is identified by access class.
- Idaho public records are not used as a substitute for a licensed sold-price feed.
- Restricted data is summarized only when the license and redistribution rules permit it.
Renew analysis or assumption
- Eric-authored interpretation is separated from the underlying public record.
- Property-specific assumptions show their input, date, and unresolved diligence question.
- No estimate is relabeled as verified simply because it appears in a polished report or calculator.
Verified public-source directory
Population to permits. Parcel records to planning cases.
The registry favors official and first-party records. A source is added only after its publisher, geographic coverage, practical cadence, and core limitation have been reviewed.
34 verified public sources
Population & demographics
2025 Historic Population Estimates by City Limits (opens official source in a new tab)
Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS) · Ada, Canyon, and Boise counties
Local population estimates by incorporated city and unincorporated county, including a historical series back to 1990.
- Source cadence
- Annual
- Latest period
- 2025 estimate
- Last verified
Limit: These are jurisdiction-boundary estimates. They can differ from Census Population Estimates because the agencies use different methods and vintages.
Housing & construction
QuickFacts · Boise City (opens official source in a new tab)
U.S. Census Bureau · Boise City, Idaho
Population, housing, income, household, business, and commuting measures assembled from Census programs.
- Source cadence
- Annual and rolling five-year estimates
- Latest period
- 2020–2024 ACS / 2025 population vintage
- Last verified
Limit: ACS five-year values are survey estimates, not current listings, appraisals, or transaction prices.
Housing & construction
QuickFacts · Meridian (opens official source in a new tab)
U.S. Census Bureau · Meridian, Idaho
Population, housing, income, household, business, and commuting measures assembled from Census programs.
- Source cadence
- Annual and rolling five-year estimates
- Latest period
- 2020–2024 ACS / 2025 population vintage
- Last verified
Limit: ACS five-year values are survey estimates, not current listings, appraisals, or transaction prices.
Housing & construction
QuickFacts · Nampa (opens official source in a new tab)
U.S. Census Bureau · Nampa, Idaho
Population, housing, income, household, business, and commuting measures assembled from Census programs.
- Source cadence
- Annual and rolling five-year estimates
- Latest period
- 2020–2024 ACS / 2025 population vintage
- Last verified
Limit: ACS five-year values are survey estimates, not current listings, appraisals, or transaction prices.
Housing & construction
QuickFacts · Caldwell (opens official source in a new tab)
U.S. Census Bureau · Caldwell, Idaho
Population, housing, income, household, business, and commuting measures assembled from Census programs.
- Source cadence
- Annual and rolling five-year estimates
- Latest period
- 2020–2024 ACS / 2025 population vintage
- Last verified
Limit: ACS five-year values are survey estimates, not current listings, appraisals, or transaction prices.
Housing & construction
QuickFacts · Eagle (opens official source in a new tab)
U.S. Census Bureau · Eagle, Idaho
Population, housing, income, household, business, and commuting measures assembled from Census programs.
- Source cadence
- Annual and rolling five-year estimates
- Latest period
- 2020–2024 ACS / 2025 population vintage
- Last verified
Limit: ACS five-year values are survey estimates, not current listings, appraisals, or transaction prices.
Housing & construction
QuickFacts · Kuna (opens official source in a new tab)
U.S. Census Bureau · Kuna, Idaho
Population, housing, income, household, business, and commuting measures assembled from Census programs.
- Source cadence
- Annual and rolling five-year estimates
- Latest period
- 2020–2024 ACS / 2025 population vintage
- Last verified
Limit: ACS five-year values are survey estimates, not current listings, appraisals, or transaction prices.
Housing & construction
QuickFacts · Star (opens official source in a new tab)
U.S. Census Bureau · Star, Idaho
Population, housing, income, household, business, and commuting measures assembled from Census programs.
- Source cadence
- Annual and rolling five-year estimates
- Latest period
- 2020–2024 ACS / 2025 population vintage
- Last verified
Limit: ACS five-year values are survey estimates, not current listings, appraisals, or transaction prices.
Housing & construction
QuickFacts · Garden City (opens official source in a new tab)
U.S. Census Bureau · Garden City, Idaho
Population, housing, income, household, business, and commuting measures assembled from Census programs.
- Source cadence
- Annual and rolling five-year estimates
- Latest period
- 2020–2024 ACS / 2025 population vintage
- Last verified
Limit: ACS five-year values are survey estimates, not current listings, appraisals, or transaction prices.
Housing & construction
QuickFacts · Middleton (opens official source in a new tab)
U.S. Census Bureau · Middleton, Idaho
Population, housing, income, household, business, and commuting measures assembled from Census programs.
- Source cadence
- Annual and rolling five-year estimates
- Latest period
- 2020–2024 ACS / 2025 population vintage
- Last verified
Limit: ACS five-year values are survey estimates, not current listings, appraisals, or transaction prices.
Economy & jobs
Boise City–Nampa Economy at a Glance (opens official source in a new tab)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Boise City metropolitan area
Labor force, unemployment, total nonfarm employment, and major-industry employment series for the metropolitan area.
- Source cadence
- Monthly
- Latest period
- May 2026 preliminary
- Last verified
Limit: The latest values are preliminary, not seasonally adjusted, and may be revised. Metro data do not describe a specific city or household.
Housing & construction
Building Permits Survey (opens official source in a new tab)
U.S. Census Bureau · Permit-issuing places and counties
Residential construction authorizations reported by participating permit-issuing jurisdictions.
- Source cadence
- Monthly and annual
- Latest period
- Current release varies by geography
- Last verified
Limit: An authorization is not a completed home, and local coverage or reporting lag can vary.
Housing & construction
House Price Index (opens official source in a new tab)
Federal Housing Finance Agency · National, state, and metropolitan series
Repeat-sales house-price indexes derived from conforming mortgage transactions and other records.
- Source cadence
- Monthly and quarterly
- Latest period
- Current FHFA release
- Last verified
Limit: An index measures price movement; it is not a median sale price and does not represent every property type or financing channel.
Housing & construction
Fair Market Rents (opens official source in a new tab)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · Metropolitan areas and nonmetropolitan counties
Federal estimates of gross rent by bedroom count used in housing-program administration.
- Source cadence
- Annual
- Latest period
- Current federal fiscal year
- Last verified
Limit: FMRs are program benchmarks, not a live asking-rent feed or a property-level rent opinion.
Land & public records
Ada County Assessor (opens official source in a new tab)
Ada County · Ada County
Parcel identification, assessed value, property characteristics, maps, and assessment information.
- Source cadence
- Continuous with annual assessment cycle
- Latest period
- Current public parcel record
- Last verified
Limit: Assessor records are not title insurance, a boundary survey, a zoning determination, or a current market valuation.
Land & public records
Canyon County Assessor (opens official source in a new tab)
Canyon County · Canyon County
Parcel identification, assessed value, property characteristics, maps, and assessment information.
- Source cadence
- Continuous with annual assessment cycle
- Latest period
- Current public parcel record
- Last verified
Limit: Assessor records are not title insurance, a boundary survey, a zoning determination, or a current market valuation.
Land & public records
Property Tax Glossary (opens official source in a new tab)
Idaho State Tax Commission · Idaho
Official property-tax definitions, including Idaho's lack of a statutory sale-price disclosure requirement.
- Source cadence
- Periodic agency publication
- Latest period
- January 18, 2023 edition
- Last verified
Limit: The glossary explains Idaho property-tax terminology; it is not a transaction database, title record, or legal opinion about a specific disclosure duty.
Housing & construction
Development Monitoring Report (opens official source in a new tab)
Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS) · Ada and Canyon counties
A geocoded regional view of residential and nonresidential building-permit activity with historical context.
- Source cadence
- Annual
- Latest period
- Latest published annual report
- Last verified
Limit: Permit activity is not the same as completed construction, occupancy, absorption, or available inventory.
Population & demographics
American Community Survey Data API (opens official source in a new tab)
U.S. Census Bureau · County, place, tract, block group, and other Census geographies
Machine-readable demographic, housing, income, tenure, and commuting estimates with consistent variable definitions.
- Source cadence
- Annual
- Latest period
- Latest ACS five-year release
- Last verified
Limit: ACS values are survey estimates with margins of error. Small-area or small-sample comparisons require additional care.
Housing & construction
Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy data (opens official source in a new tab)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · State, county, place, and other HUD geographies
Housing-cost burden and housing-problem estimates built from custom tabulations of American Community Survey data.
- Source cadence
- Periodic
- Latest period
- Latest published CHAS release
- Last verified
Limit: CHAS releases lag current market conditions and should be presented with their source-year range.
Planning & policy
Development Tracker Open Data (opens official source in a new tab)
City of Boise · Boise
Open records for tracked development activity, suitable for following applications and project status in Boise.
- Source cadence
- Publisher-controlled current snapshot
- Latest period
- Current city record
- Last verified
Limit: A tracker record is not a title report, approval guarantee, construction confirmation, or complete statement of project economics.
Planning & policy
Public Hearing Applications (opens official source in a new tab)
City of Meridian · Meridian
Application and hearing records for land-use matters before Meridian decision-makers.
- Source cadence
- As hearing applications are posted
- Latest period
- Current hearing records
- Last verified
Limit: An application or scheduled hearing is not an approval. Outcomes and conditions must be verified in the final record.
Current planning applications, case numbers, hearing bodies, and scheduled dates published by Nampa.
- Source cadence
- As hearing records are posted
- Latest period
- Current hearing calendar
- Last verified
Limit: The city states that dates are subject to change and are not official until newspaper publication. A hearing or recommendation is not final approval.
Housing & construction
Weekly Permit Reports (opens official source in a new tab)
City of Nampa · Nampa
Published weekly permit-activity reports for Nampa.
- Source cadence
- Weekly
- Latest period
- Current weekly report
- Last verified
Limit: Issued permits do not prove construction start, completion, occupancy, or market delivery.
Planning & policy
Public Hearing Cases and Updates (opens official source in a new tab)
City of Caldwell · Caldwell
Active planning cases, hearing materials, staff information, and case updates for Caldwell.
- Source cadence
- As public-hearing cases change
- Latest period
- Current case records
- Last verified
Limit: Case status can change. Final decisions, conditions, appeals, and expiration dates require verification.
Planning case numbers, proposal summaries, published quantities, and hearing dates for Eagle land-use matters.
- Source cadence
- As courtesy notices are posted
- Latest period
- Current hearing notices
- Last verified
Limit: Eagle identifies online notices as courtesy notices subject to change. Proposal quantities are not approvals or construction evidence.
Housing & construction
Building Permit Reports (opens official source in a new tab)
City of Eagle · Eagle
Weekly building-permit reports published by the City of Eagle.
- Source cadence
- Weekly
- Latest period
- Current weekly report
- Last verified
Limit: Permit issuance is a delivery milestone, not evidence of completion, occupancy, or absorption.
Planning & policy
Planning and Zoning Agendas (opens official source in a new tab)
City of Kuna · Kuna
Official meeting agendas with case numbers, proposal descriptions, quantities, and possible motions for Kuna planning matters.
- Source cadence
- By meeting agenda
- Latest period
- Current published agenda
- Last verified
Limit: An agenda proves scheduled consideration, not the meeting outcome. Minutes, findings, or a signed decision are required before assigning an outcome.
Housing & construction
Building Permit Reports (opens official source in a new tab)
City of Kuna · Kuna
Monthly building-permit reports published by the City of Kuna.
- Source cadence
- Monthly
- Latest period
- Current monthly report
- Last verified
Limit: Permit reports do not by themselves establish unit completion, occupancy, construction cost, or market absorption.
Planning & policy
Planning and Zoning Project Portal (opens official source in a new tab)
City of Star · Star
Planning, zoning, application, meeting, and project information for the City of Star.
- Source cadence
- As planning and meeting records change
- Latest period
- Current project and meeting records
- Last verified
Limit: Star crosses Ada and Canyon counties; parcel and county records must be matched to the correct county.
Planning & policy
Public Hearings and Legal Notices (opens official source in a new tab)
City of Garden City · Garden City
Hearing schedules, notices, and related planning information for Garden City.
- Source cadence
- As hearing notices are posted
- Latest period
- Current hearing notices
- Last verified
Limit: A notice identifies a pending process. The final decision and effective conditions must be read separately.
Planning & policy
Planning and Zoning (opens official source in a new tab)
City of Middleton · Middleton
Planning, zoning, application, code, and public-process resources for Middleton.
- Source cadence
- As planning records change
- Latest period
- Current planning records
- Last verified
Limit: Portal availability and case status can change; final approvals and conditions require document-level verification.
Land & public records
Ada County GIS and Parcel Applications (opens official source in a new tab)
Ada County · Ada County
County mapping applications and public GIS layers used to locate parcels and geographic constraints.
- Source cadence
- Continuous
- Latest period
- Current published GIS layers
- Last verified
Limit: GIS is a screening tool, not a boundary survey, title policy, engineering determination, or legal description.
Land & public records
Canyon County Recorder (opens official source in a new tab)
Canyon County · Canyon County
Recorded-document and property-record resources for ownership and instrument research.
- Source cadence
- Continuous
- Latest period
- Current recorded-document index
- Last verified
Limit: Idaho is a non-disclosure state. Recorded documents do not provide a dependable, complete sold-price dataset.
Publication standard
A citation is more than a logo in the footer.
- 01
Publisher and record
Name the agency, dataset, document, case, or permit clearly enough to locate it.
- 02
Geography and period
State exactly which boundary and reporting period the value represents.
- 03
Transformation
Show whether Atlas transcribed, summed, calculated, normalized, or interpreted the source.
- 04
Limitation
Name the property-level or market conclusion the evidence cannot support by itself.
- 05
Verification
Record when a human last opened and reviewed the source—not merely when the page deployed.
- 06
Correction path
Preserve material revisions and give readers a direct way to report an error.
Challenge the record. Atlas should get better in public.
Send the page, source, and correction. Material revisions are documented; dates are never rolled forward simply to look current.