986 Area Code: Boise, Idaho

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Area Code 986 Information

State: Idaho
Primary City: Boise
Primary Carrier: Verizon

Neighborhood Demographics

Based on US Census data for Boise

38.2 y/o

Median Age

Compared to the US median age of 38.7 y/o

$81.3K

Median Income

Compared to the US median income of $78.5K

$456K

Median Home Value

Compared to the US median home value of $303.4K

235.7K

Boise Population

Compared to the US median city population of 171.9K

Active Prefixes in the 986 Area Code

About the 986 Area Code

Idaho's 986 area code is an overlay sharing geography with the long-running 208, layered on as the state's number demand has continued to push past what a single code can support. Boise anchors the directory's records here. The city sits in a high desert valley where the Boise River drains toward the Snake, organized around a downtown core, the Idaho State Capitol, and a foothills line that rises abruptly to the north. The 986 designation, part of the North American Numbering Plan, is in the early phases of being populated with active number assignments.

Because 986 covers Idaho statewide alongside 208, the directory's records associated with 986 numbers do not surface a recurring list of out-of-state secondary cities through routine cross-linkage. Where other-place names do appear, they reflect the same kinds of public-record dynamics seen elsewhere — numbers porting between carriers, addresses tied to multiple residences, and prior registrations surfacing alongside current ones. The directory currently documents 3 distinct prefixes within 986 in detail, an early-stage subset that should be read as the start of working coverage rather than a comprehensive count.

Boise's home values come in well above the US median, in line with broader Mountain West pricing pressure. Median household income sits a touch above the national reading, the city's median age is close to the US figure, and population places Boise among the larger cities in the Pacific Northwest interior. The 986 footprint shares those demographics with 208 because both codes serve the state in its entirety.