Escalante vs Tropic

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

Escalante and Tropic 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 537 in Tropic). Tropic has the higher median household income ($64,375 vs $44,048 in Escalante). Escalante has the higher median home value ($309,500 vs $223,000 in Tropic).

Population, income & housing

	Escalante	Tropic
Population	625	537
Median age	59.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,048	$64,375
Median home value	$309,500	$223,000
Median gross rent	$770	—
Housing units	469	283
Homeownership rate	64.6%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escalante	Tropic
Population	695 → 625 (-10.1%)	485 → 537 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$39,120 → $44,048 (+12.6%)	$47,813 → $64,375 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$163,000 → $309,500 (+89.9%)	$206,700 → $223,000 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $770 (+13.6%)	$638 → $925 (+45.0%)

Escalante

Population

695625

Median household income

$39,120$44,048

Median home value

$163,000$309,500

Median gross rent

$678$770

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)

	Escalante	Tropic
Under 5	2.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	4.2%	22.3%
18 to 24	1.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	5.6%	5.4%
35 to 44	3.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	45.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	16.2%
75 and over	13.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escalante	Tropic
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	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	3.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escalante	Tropic
No high school diploma	2.4%	2.9%
High school graduate	24.4%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escalante	Tropic
Drove alone	74.1%	77.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.0%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escalante	Tropic
1-unit, detached	80.6%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Escalante	Tropic
Poverty rate	19.7%	1.9%
Average household size	1.73	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	6	23
Median year structure built	1975	1983