Fort Duchesne vs Jensen

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

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

Fort Duchesne has the higher population (375 vs 331 in Jensen). Jensen has the higher median home value ($178,500 vs $167,000 in Fort Duchesne). Since 2019, Jensen's population has grown faster (+49.1% vs -36.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Duchesne	Jensen
Population	375	331
Median age	30.5 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,052	—
Median home value	$167,000	$178,500
Housing units	209	183
Homeownership rate	61.8%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Duchesne	Jensen
Population	594 → 375 (-36.9%)	222 → 331 (+49.1%)
Median household income	$37,143 → $40,052 (+7.8%)	$45,852 → $47,966 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$157,100 → $167,000 (+6.3%)	$151,000 → $178,500 (+18.2%)

Fort Duchesne

Population

594375

Median household income

$37,143$40,052

Median home value

$157,100$167,000

Jensen

Population

222331

Median household income

$45,852$47,966

Median home value

$151,000$178,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Duchesne	Jensen
Under 5	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	31.2%	10.3%
25 to 34	18.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	7.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.7%	30.8%
55 to 64	6.4%	2.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	20.8%
75 and over	4.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Duchesne	Jensen
White (non-Hispanic)	2.4%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	70.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Duchesne	Jensen
No high school diploma	40.2%	14.0%
High school graduate	30.4%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.4%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Duchesne	Jensen
Drove alone	73.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	14.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Duchesne	Jensen
1-unit, detached	57.9%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Fort Duchesne	Jensen
Poverty rate	50.1%	22.7%
Average household size	3.05	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	15	38
Median year structure built	1975	2002