Aneth vs Blanding

A side-by-side comparison of Aneth and Blanding: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blanding has the higher population (3,303 vs 324 in Aneth). Blanding has the higher median household income ($63,333 vs $56,563 in Aneth). Blanding has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $92,100 in Aneth).

Population, income & housing

	Aneth	Blanding
Population	324	3,303
Median age	39.1 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$63,333
Median home value	$92,100	$225,000
Median gross rent	$888	$869
Housing units	146	1,200
Homeownership rate	83.5%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	17.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aneth	Blanding
Population	552 → 324 (-41.3%)	3,663 → 3,303 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$27,500 → $56,563 (+105.7%)	$55,833 → $63,333 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $92,100 (+12.5%)	$165,400 → $225,000 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $888 (+14.6%)	$636 → $869 (+36.6%)

Aneth

Population

552324

Median household income

$27,500$56,563

Median home value

$81,900$92,100

Median gross rent

$775$888

Blanding

Population

3,6633,303

Median household income

$55,833$63,333

Median home value

$165,400$225,000

Median gross rent

$636$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aneth	Blanding
Under 5	3.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	29.3%	23.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	13.6%
25 to 34	6.2%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	22.8%	9.1%
65 to 74	4.6%	6.6%
75 and over	5.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aneth	Blanding
White (non-Hispanic)	1.2%	57.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	98.8%	26.8%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.7%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aneth	Blanding
No high school diploma	21.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	29.4%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aneth	Blanding
Drove alone	54.4%	75.3%
Carpooled	13.3%	9.1%
Public transit	3.3%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	11.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	28.9%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aneth	Blanding
1-unit, detached	74.7%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Aneth	Blanding
Poverty rate	27.8%	16.3%
Average household size	2.97	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	24	12
Median year structure built	1988	1976