Bryce Canyon City vs Tropic

A side-by-side comparison of Bryce Canyon City and Tropic: population, income, housing, and more.

Bryce Canyon City 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 216 in Bryce Canyon City). Since 2019, Tropic's population has grown faster (+10.7% vs -5.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bryce Canyon City	Tropic
Population	216	537
Median age	33.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$64,375
Median home value	—	$223,000
Housing units	78	283
Homeownership rate	20.0%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.9%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bryce Canyon City	Tropic
Population	228 → 216 (-5.3%)	485 → 537 (+10.7%)
Median household income	—	$47,813 → $64,375 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$235,700 → $228,600 (-3.0%)	$206,700 → $223,000 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $540 (-17.7%)	$638 → $925 (+45.0%)

Bryce Canyon City

Population

228216

Median home value

$235,700$228,600

Median gross rent

$656$540

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)

	Bryce Canyon City	Tropic
Under 5	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	5.1%	22.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	44.4%	5.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	7.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	16.2%	16.2%
75 and over	0.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bryce Canyon City	Tropic
White (non-Hispanic)	19.9%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	44.4%	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	35.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bryce Canyon City	Tropic
No high school diploma	18.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	8.9%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	58.9%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bryce Canyon City	Tropic
Drove alone	17.7%	77.1%
Carpooled	65.3%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	17.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bryce Canyon City	Tropic
1-unit, detached	33.3%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	21.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	44.9%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Bryce Canyon City	Tropic
Poverty rate	51.9%	1.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1976	1983