Brigham City vs Elwood

A side-by-side comparison of Brigham City and Elwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Brigham City and Elwood are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brigham City has the higher population (19,796 vs 1,643 in Elwood). Elwood has the higher median household income ($99,375 vs $66,435 in Brigham City). Elwood has the higher median home value ($480,100 vs $321,500 in Brigham City).

Population, income & housing

	Brigham City	Elwood
Population	19,796	1,643
Median age	33.4 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,435	$99,375
Median home value	$321,500	$480,100
Median gross rent	$949	$1,375
Housing units	7,174	448
Homeownership rate	65.3%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brigham City	Elwood
Population	19,150 → 19,796 (+3.4%)	1,138 → 1,643 (+44.4%)
Median household income	$53,504 → $66,435 (+24.2%)	$83,068 → $99,375 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$181,500 → $321,500 (+77.1%)	$268,500 → $480,100 (+78.8%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $949 (+28.4%)	$1,200 → $1,375 (+14.6%)

Brigham City

Population

19,15019,796

Median household income

$53,504$66,435

Median home value

$181,500$321,500

Median gross rent

$739$949

Elwood

Population

1,1381,643

Median household income

$83,068$99,375

Median home value

$268,500$480,100

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brigham City	Elwood
Under 5	7.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.1%	24.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	10.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	9.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.0%
75 and over	6.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brigham City	Elwood
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brigham City	Elwood
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	28.4%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brigham City	Elwood
Drove alone	75.2%	77.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	10.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.6%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	7.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brigham City	Elwood
1-unit, detached	69.6%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	2.2%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Brigham City	Elwood
Poverty rate	10.4%	3.3%
Average household size	2.85	3.68
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1971	1996