Delta vs Deseret

A side-by-side comparison of Delta and Deseret: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Delta has the higher population (3,675 vs 505 in Deseret). Delta has the higher median home value ($255,400 vs $231,400 in Deseret). Since 2019, Deseret's population has grown faster (+65.6% vs +4.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Delta	Deseret
Population	3,675	505
Median age	32.5 yrs	26.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,224	—
Median home value	$255,400	$231,400
Median gross rent	$1,107	—
Housing units	1,313	174
Homeownership rate	74.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	21.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta	Deseret
Population	3,534 → 3,675 (+4.0%)	305 → 505 (+65.6%)
Median household income	$59,200 → $73,224 (+23.7%)	$36,739 → $92,875 (+152.8%)
Median home value	$143,900 → $255,400 (+77.5%)	$152,800 → $231,400 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $1,107 (+61.4%)	—

Delta

Population

3,5343,675

Median household income

$59,200$73,224

Median home value

$143,900$255,400

Median gross rent

$686$1,107

Deseret

Population

305505

Median household income

$36,739$92,875

Median home value

$152,800$231,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delta	Deseret
Under 5	7.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	24.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	16.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	23.4%
35 to 44	8.2%	21.8%
45 to 54	5.6%	7.9%
55 to 64	15.5%	5.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	0.0%
75 and over	6.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta	Deseret
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta	Deseret
No high school diploma	4.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.2%	62.5%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta	Deseret
Drove alone	69.8%	95.8%
Carpooled	15.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta	Deseret
1-unit, detached	85.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delta	Deseret
Poverty rate	15.7%	0.0%
Average household size	3.01	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1972	1954