Bluff vs White Mesa

A side-by-side comparison of Bluff and White Mesa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bluff has the higher population (179 vs 74 in White Mesa). Bluff has the higher median household income ($53,973 vs $53,839 in White Mesa). Since 2019, Bluff's population has grown faster (+98.9% vs -57.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bluff	White Mesa
Population	179	74
Median age	68.6 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,973	$53,839
Median home value	$410,000	—
Housing units	102	70
Homeownership rate	91.5%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluff	White Mesa
Population	90 → 179 (+98.9%)	173 → 74 (-57.2%)
Median household income	$64,375 → $53,973 (-16.2%)	$13,056 → $53,839 (+312.4%)
Median home value	$179,200 → $410,000 (+128.8%)	—

Bluff

Population

90179

Median household income

$64,375$53,973

Median home value

$179,200$410,000

White Mesa

Population

17374

Median household income

$13,056$53,839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluff	White Mesa
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	2.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	7.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	54.2%	27.0%
75 and over	19.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluff	White Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	16.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	30.7%	83.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluff	White Mesa
No high school diploma	14.0%	21.4%
High school graduate	12.9%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	5.3%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	55.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluff	White Mesa
Drove alone	19.5%	78.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	56.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.4%	22.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluff	White Mesa
1-unit, detached	84.3%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	31.4%

Poverty & households

	Bluff	White Mesa
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.8%
Average household size	2.52	1.64
Median year structure built	1991	1979