Castle Dale vs Emery

A side-by-side comparison of Castle Dale and Emery: population, income, housing, and more.

Castle Dale and Emery are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Castle Dale has the higher population (1,463 vs 521 in Emery). Emery has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $69,821 in Castle Dale). Castle Dale has the higher median home value ($174,700 vs $128,100 in Emery).

Population, income & housing

	Castle Dale	Emery
Population	1,463	521
Median age	38.1 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,821	$75,000
Median home value	$174,700	$128,100
Median gross rent	$719	—
Housing units	603	172
Homeownership rate	83.5%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castle Dale	Emery
Population	1,368 → 1,463 (+6.9%)	390 → 521 (+33.6%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $69,821 (+61.1%)	$56,875 → $75,000 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $174,700 (+25.4%)	$104,700 → $128,100 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $719 (+23.3%)	—

Castle Dale

Population

1,3681,463

Median household income

$43,333$69,821

Median home value

$139,300$174,700

Median gross rent

$583$719

Emery

Population

390521

Median household income

$56,875$75,000

Median home value

$104,700$128,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castle Dale	Emery
Under 5	6.4%	0.6%
5 to 17	24.8%	43.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	9.0%	2.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	18.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	5.6%
65 to 74	13.8%	10.6%
75 and over	7.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castle Dale	Emery
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	7.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castle Dale	Emery
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.9%
High school graduate	28.8%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castle Dale	Emery
Drove alone	89.8%	61.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	26.1%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castle Dale	Emery
1-unit, detached	81.9%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Castle Dale	Emery
Poverty rate	11.5%	31.1%
Average household size	2.87	3.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1979	1974