Alta vs Granite

A side-by-side comparison of Alta and Granite: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Granite has the higher population (813 vs 337 in Alta). Alta has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $978,500 in Granite). Since 2019, Granite's population has grown faster (+1.5% vs -15.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Alta	Granite
Population	337	813
Median age	30.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$99,375
Median home value	$2,000,001	$978,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,672
Housing units	227	277
Homeownership rate	31.8%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.2%	61.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta	Granite
Population	398 → 337 (-15.3%)	801 → 813 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$64,250 → $52,917 (-17.6%)	$102,250 → $99,375 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$1,196,400 → $2,000,001 (+67.2%)	$642,300 → $978,500 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$438 → $434 (-0.9%)	—

Alta

Population

398337

Median household income

$64,250$52,917

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$438$434

Granite

Population

801813

Median household income

$102,250$99,375

Median home value

$642,300$978,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta	Granite
Under 5	2.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	1.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	39.5%	11.6%
25 to 34	29.1%	3.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	7.6%
45 to 54	8.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	6.5%	9.3%
65 to 74	1.5%	21.2%
75 and over	1.2%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta	Granite
White (non-Hispanic)	50.7%	89.1%
Black or African American	25.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta	Granite
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	48.9%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	7.9%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	43.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta	Granite
Drove alone	6.8%	69.5%
Carpooled	1.0%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	42.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	47.1%	27.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta	Granite
1-unit, detached	60.8%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alta	Granite
Poverty rate	45.4%	2.6%
Average household size	1.86	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1987	1981