Blanding vs Spanish Valley

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

Blanding and Spanish Valley 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 925 in Spanish Valley). Spanish Valley has the higher median household income ($67,108 vs $63,333 in Blanding). Spanish Valley has the higher median home value ($757,400 vs $225,000 in Blanding).

Population, income & housing

	Blanding	Spanish Valley
Population	3,303	925
Median age	30.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,333	$67,108
Median home value	$225,000	$757,400
Median gross rent	$869	—
Housing units	1,200	323
Homeownership rate	68.0%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanding	Spanish Valley
Population	3,663 → 3,303 (-9.8%)	577 → 925 (+60.3%)
Median household income	$55,833 → $63,333 (+13.4%)	$105,313 → $67,108 (-36.3%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $225,000 (+36.0%)	$311,700 → $757,400 (+143.0%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $869 (+36.6%)	—

Blanding

Population

3,6633,303

Median household income

$55,833$63,333

Median home value

$165,400$225,000

Median gross rent

$636$869

Spanish Valley

Population

577925

Median household income

$105,313$67,108

Median home value

$311,700$757,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanding	Spanish Valley
Under 5	7.4%	11.5%
5 to 17	23.0%	25.0%
18 to 24	13.6%	3.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	4.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	21.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	21.5%
55 to 64	9.1%	5.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	5.0%
75 and over	6.4%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanding	Spanish Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	57.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	26.8%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanding	Spanish Valley
No high school diploma	6.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.4%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanding	Spanish Valley
Drove alone	75.3%	70.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	2.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	18.9%
Other means	0.0%	8.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanding	Spanish Valley
1-unit, detached	73.5%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
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%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Blanding	Spanish Valley
Poverty rate	16.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.82	3.67
Mean commute (minutes)	12	29
Median year structure built	1976	2004