Nephi vs Rocky Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Nephi and Rocky Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nephi has the higher population (6,700 vs 901 in Rocky Ridge). Nephi has the higher median household income ($97,348 vs $89,485 in Rocky Ridge). Rocky Ridge has the higher median home value ($450,000 vs $379,800 in Nephi).

Population, income & housing

	Nephi	Rocky Ridge
Population	6,700	901
Median age	31.8 yrs	16.6 yrs
Median household income	$97,348	$89,485
Median home value	$379,800	$450,000
Median gross rent	$1,010	$639
Housing units	2,114	145
Homeownership rate	75.1%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	2.3%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nephi	Rocky Ridge
Population	5,969 → 6,700 (+12.2%)	963 → 901 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$62,207 → $97,348 (+56.5%)	$51,544 → $89,485 (+73.6%)
Median home value	$215,600 → $379,800 (+76.2%)	$229,800 → $450,000 (+95.8%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $1,010 (+22.7%)	$519 → $639 (+23.1%)

Nephi

Population

5,9696,700

Median household income

$62,207$97,348

Median home value

$215,600$379,800

Median gross rent

$823$1,010

Rocky Ridge

Population

963901

Median household income

$51,544$89,485

Median home value

$229,800$450,000

Median gross rent

$519$639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nephi	Rocky Ridge
Under 5	6.9%	17.3%
5 to 17	26.0%	35.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	17.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	7.2%
45 to 54	14.0%	6.2%
55 to 64	7.8%	3.8%
65 to 74	4.7%	1.8%
75 and over	3.7%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nephi	Rocky Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	96.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nephi	Rocky Ridge
No high school diploma	5.3%	20.2%
High school graduate	35.2%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nephi	Rocky Ridge
Drove alone	81.7%	55.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	22.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	6.3%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nephi	Rocky Ridge
1-unit, detached	86.3%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Nephi	Rocky Ridge
Poverty rate	6.1%	12.0%
Average household size	3.22	6.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	8
Median year structure built	1981	2006