Castle Valley vs Moab

A side-by-side comparison of Castle Valley and Moab: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moab has the higher population (5,316 vs 348 in Castle Valley). Moab has the higher median household income ($55,333 vs $44,464 in Castle Valley). Moab has the higher median home value ($478,700 vs $359,700 in Castle Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Castle Valley	Moab
Population	348	5,316
Median age	68.9 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,464	$55,333
Median home value	$359,700	$478,700
Median gross rent	—	$945
Housing units	308	2,665
Homeownership rate	92.4%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castle Valley	Moab
Population	365 → 348 (-4.7%)	5,268 → 5,316 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $44,464 (-16.3%)	$51,168 → $55,333 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$327,100 → $359,700 (+10.0%)	$237,700 → $478,700 (+101.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$829 → $945 (+14.0%)

Castle Valley

Population

365348

Median household income

$53,125$44,464

Median home value

$327,100$359,700

Moab

Population

5,2685,316

Median household income

$51,168$55,333

Median home value

$237,700$478,700

Median gross rent

$829$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castle Valley	Moab
Under 5	2.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	10.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	1.4%	11.8%
25 to 34	1.1%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	6.0%	7.3%
55 to 64	8.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	32.2%	14.0%
75 and over	26.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castle Valley	Moab
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	71.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castle Valley	Moab
No high school diploma	2.7%	9.0%
High school graduate	16.4%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castle Valley	Moab
Drove alone	39.3%	65.0%
Carpooled	13.7%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	8.6%
Worked from home	47.0%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castle Valley	Moab
1-unit, detached	89.0%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Castle Valley	Moab
Poverty rate	2.9%	21.5%
Average household size	1.88	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	46	13
Median year structure built	1991	1978