Emigration Canyon metro township vs Granite

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

Emigration Canyon metro township and Granite 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 813 in Granite). Emigration Canyon metro township has the higher median household income ($184,722 vs $99,375 in Granite). Granite has the higher median home value ($978,500 vs $959,100 in Emigration Canyon metro township).

Population, income & housing

	Emigration Canyon metro township	Granite
Population	1,465	813
Median age	51.0 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$184,722	$99,375
Median home value	$959,100	$978,500
Median gross rent	$2,286	$1,672
Housing units	619	277
Homeownership rate	92.7%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	61.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emigration Canyon metro township	Granite
Population	1,976 → 1,465 (-25.9%)	801 → 813 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$127,625 → $184,722 (+44.7%)	$102,250 → $99,375 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$697,000 → $959,100 (+37.6%)	$642,300 → $978,500 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,459 → $2,286 (+56.7%)	—

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

Granite

Population

801813

Median household income

$102,250$99,375

Median home value

$642,300$978,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emigration Canyon metro township	Granite
Under 5	1.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	7.0%	3.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	7.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	19.5%	9.3%
65 to 74	19.7%	21.2%
75 and over	5.1%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emigration Canyon metro township	Granite
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emigration Canyon metro township	Granite
No high school diploma	1.8%	3.7%
High school graduate	5.3%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	43.0%
Graduate or professional degree	44.3%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emigration Canyon metro township	Granite
Drove alone	66.2%	69.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.0%	27.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emigration Canyon metro township	Granite
1-unit, detached	93.4%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Emigration Canyon metro township	Granite
Poverty rate	3.6%	2.6%
Average household size	2.54	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1990	1981