Historic Warm Springs Avenue, geothermal heat and quick trail access
By J&H Digital Services LLCChecked Oct 23, 20267 sources
In short
The East End and Warm Springs sit between downtown and the foothills along Warm Springs Avenue: historic homes, geothermal heat on parts of the avenue, and quick access to the Greenbelt, Military Reserve and Table Rock trails. A typical East End home is about $762,000. On Warm Springs Mesa, the hilltop above, it is about $1,050,000 (Zillow, Sept 2026). Foothills-edge homes carry wildfire risk.
Typical home
East End about $762,000; Warm Springs Mesa about $1,050,000 (Zillow, Sept 2026)
Historic district
Warm Springs Avenue Historic District (National Register 1979, local district 1996)
Heat
Geothermal hot water heats some buildings on and near Warm Springs Avenue
Schools
Adams and Roosevelt Elementary are in the area
Parks
Fort Boise, Warm Springs, Kristin Armstrong Municipal, Foothills East Reserve and the Military Reserve
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What should I know about the East End and Warm Springs at a glance?
Typical home value
East End$762,000
Warm Springs Mesa$1,050,000
All of Boise$500,000
Topic
What to know
Typical home value
East End about $762,000; Warm Springs Mesa about $1,050,000. All of Boise: about $500,000.
Change in a year
East End +5.3%; Warm Springs Mesa +2.5%; all of Boise +2.1%.
Homes
Historic homes on and near Warm Springs Avenue, mid-century homes, and larger newer homes on the mesa.
Renters and owners
About 52% of housing units are owner-occupied and 41% renter-occupied (2019 estimate).
Historic district
The Warm Springs Avenue Historic District covers homes built mostly between 1910 and 1940, in styles such as Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and Bungalow. New buildings and changes should respect its historic scale.
Schools
Adams and Roosevelt Elementary are in the area (Boise School District). Your address decides your school, so check the district's locator.
Parks and trails
Fort Boise Park, Warm Springs Park, Kristin Armstrong Municipal Park, Foothills East Reserve, the Laura Moore Cunningham Arboretum and the Military Reserve, plus Greenbelt access.
Getting around
Bike lanes on Front Street, Park Boulevard, State Street and Warm Springs Avenue. About 66% of commuters drive alone, and about 4% of households have no vehicle.
Sidewalks and trees
Sidewalks cover about 77% of streets, and trees cover about 19% of the area (2013).
Home values are Zillow's typical value for each neighborhood, updated monthly (Sept 2026). Housing, school, park and commute facts come from the City of Boise's neighborhood profiles (March 2020, using 2019 estimates and 2012 to 2016 Census data), so they are older than the prices. Source: Zillow Research and City of Boise neighborhood profiles
Hot water from wells under the city heats buildings through pipes. Two of Boise's three geothermal utilities serve the Military Reserve area and part of Warm Springs, and mansions on Warm Springs Avenue were reportedly among the first homes anywhere heated this way in the 1890s.
What is Warm Springs Mesa?
It is the hilltop area above Warm Springs Avenue, east of downtown. Zillow tracks it separately, and its typical home value of about $1,050,000 is among the highest in Boise.
Is there wildfire risk?
Homes at the foothills edge, including parts of Warm Springs Mesa, sit near dry grass and brush, and brush fires have started near Table Rock and the mesa in past summers. Keep brush cleared, ask your insurer about coverage and sign up for Ada Alert.
Is it walkable?
It is short on shops compared with the North End, but downtown, the Greenbelt and trailheads are a short ride away.
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