Ballard vs Fort Duchesne

A side-by-side comparison of Ballard and Fort Duchesne: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ballard has the higher population (1,648 vs 375 in Fort Duchesne). Ballard has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $40,052 in Fort Duchesne). Ballard has the higher median home value ($241,100 vs $167,000 in Fort Duchesne).

Population, income & housing

	Ballard	Fort Duchesne
Population	1,648	375
Median age	33.6 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$40,052
Median home value	$241,100	$167,000
Median gross rent	$1,233	—
Housing units	491	209
Homeownership rate	86.5%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	17.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballard	Fort Duchesne
Population	1,053 → 1,648 (+56.5%)	594 → 375 (-36.9%)
Median household income	$64,500 → $81,250 (+26.0%)	$37,143 → $40,052 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$163,700 → $241,100 (+47.3%)	$157,100 → $167,000 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,109 → $1,233 (+11.2%)	—

Ballard

Population

1,0531,648

Median household income

$64,500$81,250

Median home value

$163,700$241,100

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,233

Fort Duchesne

Population

594375

Median household income

$37,143$40,052

Median home value

$157,100$167,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballard	Fort Duchesne
Under 5	7.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	23.6%	5.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	31.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	18.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	7.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	6.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.8%
75 and over	2.7%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballard	Fort Duchesne
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	2.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	70.7%
Asian	4.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballard	Fort Duchesne
No high school diploma	8.9%	40.2%
High school graduate	47.0%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	0.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballard	Fort Duchesne
Drove alone	69.0%	73.8%
Carpooled	19.4%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballard	Fort Duchesne
1-unit, detached	81.5%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	23.4%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Ballard	Fort Duchesne
Poverty rate	13.6%	50.1%
Average household size	3.65	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1993	1975