Alton vs Orderville

A side-by-side comparison of Alton and Orderville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Orderville has the higher population (865 vs 308 in Alton). Alton has the higher median home value ($340,000 vs $328,300 in Orderville). Since 2019, Alton's population has grown faster (+41.3% vs +16.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Alton	Orderville
Population	308	865
Median age	41.2 yrs	27.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$91,944
Median home value	$340,000	$328,300
Median gross rent	$950	—
Housing units	82	320
Homeownership rate	74.1%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alton	Orderville
Population	218 → 308 (+41.3%)	741 → 865 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $49,375 (+8.2%)	$67,386 → $91,944 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $340,000 (+55.4%)	$163,000 → $328,300 (+101.4%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $950 (+19.9%)	$828 → $1,016 (+22.7%)

Alton

Population

218308

Median household income

$45,625$49,375

Median home value

$218,800$340,000

Median gross rent

$792$950

Orderville

Population

741865

Median household income

$67,386$91,944

Median home value

$163,000$328,300

Median gross rent

$828$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alton	Orderville
Under 5	8.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	24.0%	38.8%
18 to 24	1.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	5.2%	4.5%
35 to 44	38.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	2.9%	16.6%
55 to 64	6.2%	2.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.6%
75 and over	6.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alton	Orderville
White (non-Hispanic)	66.6%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	33.4%	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%	19.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alton	Orderville
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	63.4%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alton	Orderville
Drove alone	48.4%	81.7%
Carpooled	26.6%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.5%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alton	Orderville
1-unit, detached	98.8%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Alton	Orderville
Poverty rate	24.4%	2.8%
Average household size	5.70	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	40	18
Median year structure built	1984	1979