Boulder vs Tropic

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

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

Tropic has the higher population (537 vs 389 in Boulder). Tropic has the higher median household income ($64,375 vs $50,450 in Boulder). Boulder has the higher median home value ($304,300 vs $223,000 in Tropic).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder	Tropic
Population	389	537
Median age	37.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,450	$64,375
Median home value	$304,300	$223,000
Median gross rent	$834	—
Housing units	207	283
Homeownership rate	71.5%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder	Tropic
Population	270 → 389 (+44.1%)	485 → 537 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$51,964 → $50,450 (-2.9%)	$47,813 → $64,375 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$223,400 → $304,300 (+36.2%)	$206,700 → $223,000 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $834 (+17.8%)	$638 → $925 (+45.0%)

Boulder

Population

270389

Median household income

$51,964$50,450

Median home value

$223,400$304,300

Median gross rent

$708$834

Tropic

Population

485537

Median household income

$47,813$64,375

Median home value

$206,700$223,000

Median gross rent

$638$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder	Tropic
Under 5	14.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	10.8%	22.3%
18 to 24	3.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	7.5%	5.4%
35 to 44	20.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	3.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	2.1%	9.7%
65 to 74	30.1%	16.2%
75 and over	7.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder	Tropic
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	98.9%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder	Tropic
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	25.2%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder	Tropic
Drove alone	67.8%	77.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	2.1%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder	Tropic
1-unit, detached	85.5%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Boulder	Tropic
Poverty rate	19.3%	1.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	8	23
Median year structure built	1979	1983