Boulder vs Escalante

A side-by-side comparison of Boulder and Escalante: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Escalante has the higher population (625 vs 389 in Boulder). Boulder has the higher median household income ($50,450 vs $44,048 in Escalante). Escalante has the higher median home value ($309,500 vs $304,300 in Boulder).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder	Escalante
Population	389	625
Median age	37.8 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,450	$44,048
Median home value	$304,300	$309,500
Median gross rent	$834	$770
Housing units	207	469
Homeownership rate	71.5%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder	Escalante
Population	270 → 389 (+44.1%)	695 → 625 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$51,964 → $50,450 (-2.9%)	$39,120 → $44,048 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$223,400 → $304,300 (+36.2%)	$163,000 → $309,500 (+89.9%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $834 (+17.8%)	$678 → $770 (+13.6%)

Boulder

Population

270389

Median household income

$51,964$50,450

Median home value

$223,400$304,300

Median gross rent

$708$834

Escalante

Population

695625

Median household income

$39,120$44,048

Median home value

$163,000$309,500

Median gross rent

$678$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder	Escalante
Under 5	14.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	10.8%	4.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	1.4%
25 to 34	7.5%	5.6%
35 to 44	20.6%	3.7%
45 to 54	3.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	2.1%	45.3%
65 to 74	30.1%	12.2%
75 and over	7.5%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder	Escalante
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder	Escalante
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	25.2%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder	Escalante
Drove alone	67.8%	74.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	17.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	8.9%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder	Escalante
1-unit, detached	85.5%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Boulder	Escalante
Poverty rate	19.3%	19.7%
Average household size	2.54	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	8	6
Median year structure built	1979	1975