Ballard vs Jensen

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

Ballard and Jensen 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 331 in Jensen). Ballard has the higher median home value ($241,100 vs $178,500 in Jensen). Since 2019, Ballard's population has grown faster (+56.5% vs +49.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Ballard	Jensen
Population	1,648	331
Median age	33.6 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	—
Median home value	$241,100	$178,500
Median gross rent	$1,233	—
Housing units	491	183
Homeownership rate	86.5%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballard	Jensen
Population	1,053 → 1,648 (+56.5%)	222 → 331 (+49.1%)
Median household income	$64,500 → $81,250 (+26.0%)	$45,852 → $47,966 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$163,700 → $241,100 (+47.3%)	$151,000 → $178,500 (+18.2%)
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

Jensen

Population

222331

Median household income

$45,852$47,966

Median home value

$151,000$178,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballard	Jensen
Under 5	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	30.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	2.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	20.8%
75 and over	2.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballard	Jensen
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
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%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballard	Jensen
No high school diploma	8.9%	14.0%
High school graduate	47.0%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballard	Jensen
Drove alone	69.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	19.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballard	Jensen
1-unit, detached	81.5%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Ballard	Jensen
Poverty rate	13.6%	22.7%
Average household size	3.65	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	20	38
Median year structure built	1993	2002