Blanding vs Monticello

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

Blanding and Monticello 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 1,941 in Monticello). Monticello has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $63,333 in Blanding). Monticello has the higher median home value ($307,900 vs $225,000 in Blanding).

Population, income & housing

	Blanding	Monticello
Population	3,303	1,941
Median age	30.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,333	$63,750
Median home value	$225,000	$307,900
Median gross rent	$869	$1,065
Housing units	1,200	732
Homeownership rate	68.0%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanding	Monticello
Population	3,663 → 3,303 (-9.8%)	2,604 → 1,941 (-25.5%)
Median household income	$55,833 → $63,333 (+13.4%)	$63,500 → $63,750 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $225,000 (+36.0%)	$175,500 → $307,900 (+75.4%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $869 (+36.6%)	$904 → $1,065 (+17.8%)

Blanding

Population

3,6633,303

Median household income

$55,833$63,333

Median home value

$165,400$225,000

Median gross rent

$636$869

Monticello

Population

2,6041,941

Median household income

$63,500$63,750

Median home value

$175,500$307,900

Median gross rent

$904$1,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanding	Monticello
Under 5	7.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	23.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	13.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	5.8%
55 to 64	9.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.7%
75 and over	6.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanding	Monticello
White (non-Hispanic)	57.9%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	26.8%	2.4%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanding	Monticello
No high school diploma	6.9%	1.3%
High school graduate	22.4%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanding	Monticello
Drove alone	75.3%	46.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	14.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	12.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	19.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanding	Monticello
1-unit, detached	73.5%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Blanding	Monticello
Poverty rate	16.3%	5.7%
Average household size	2.82	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	12	21
Median year structure built	1976	1973