Panguitch vs Tropic

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

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

Panguitch has the higher population (1,871 vs 537 in Tropic). Panguitch has the higher median household income ($75,283 vs $64,375 in Tropic). Panguitch has the higher median home value ($249,300 vs $223,000 in Tropic).

Population, income & housing

	Panguitch	Tropic
Population	1,871	537
Median age	32.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,283	$64,375
Median home value	$249,300	$223,000
Median gross rent	$799	—
Housing units	726	283
Homeownership rate	81.5%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Panguitch	Tropic
Population	1,785 → 1,871 (+4.8%)	485 → 537 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $75,283 (+46.9%)	$47,813 → $64,375 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$163,600 → $249,300 (+52.4%)	$206,700 → $223,000 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $799 (+13.2%)	$638 → $925 (+45.0%)

Panguitch

Population

1,7851,871

Median household income

$51,250$75,283

Median home value

$163,600$249,300

Median gross rent

$706$799

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)

	Panguitch	Tropic
Under 5	5.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	22.4%	22.3%
18 to 24	12.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	5.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	7.1%	9.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	16.2%
75 and over	5.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Panguitch	Tropic
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Panguitch	Tropic
No high school diploma	5.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	30.2%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Panguitch	Tropic
Drove alone	87.2%	77.1%
Carpooled	2.8%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	2.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Panguitch	Tropic
1-unit, detached	92.1%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Panguitch	Tropic
Poverty rate	6.1%	1.9%
Average household size	2.88	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	12	23
Median year structure built	1980	1983