Alta vs Emigration Canyon metro township

A side-by-side comparison of Alta and Emigration Canyon metro township: population, income, housing, and more.

Alta and Emigration Canyon metro township are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Emigration Canyon metro township has the higher population (1,465 vs 337 in Alta). Alta has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $959,100 in Emigration Canyon metro township). Since 2019, Alta's population has grown faster (-15.3% vs -25.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Alta	Emigration Canyon metro township
Population	337	1,465
Median age	30.2 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$184,722
Median home value	$2,000,001	$959,100
Median gross rent	—	$2,286
Housing units	227	619
Homeownership rate	31.8%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.2%	75.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta	Emigration Canyon metro township
Population	398 → 337 (-15.3%)	1,976 → 1,465 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$64,250 → $52,917 (-17.6%)	$127,625 → $184,722 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$1,196,400 → $2,000,001 (+67.2%)	$697,000 → $959,100 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$438 → $434 (-0.9%)	$1,459 → $2,286 (+56.7%)

Alta

Population

398337

Median household income

$64,250$52,917

Median home value

$1,196,400$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$438$434

Emigration Canyon metro township

Population

1,9761,465

Median household income

$127,625$184,722

Median home value

$697,000$959,100

Median gross rent

$1,459$2,286

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta	Emigration Canyon metro township
Under 5	2.4%	1.3%
5 to 17	1.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	39.5%	5.0%
25 to 34	29.1%	7.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	8.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	6.5%	19.5%
65 to 74	1.5%	19.7%
75 and over	1.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta	Emigration Canyon metro township
White (non-Hispanic)	50.7%	85.2%
Black or African American	25.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta	Emigration Canyon metro township
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	48.9%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	7.9%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	44.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta	Emigration Canyon metro township
Drove alone	6.8%	66.2%
Carpooled	1.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	42.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	47.1%	23.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta	Emigration Canyon metro township
1-unit, detached	60.8%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Alta	Emigration Canyon metro township
Poverty rate	45.4%	3.6%
Average household size	1.86	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1987	1990