Fort Duchesne vs Lapoint

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

Fort Duchesne and Lapoint 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 49 in Lapoint). Fort Duchesne has the higher median home value ($167,000 vs $156,700 in Lapoint). Since 2019, Fort Duchesne's population has grown faster (-36.9% vs -69.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Duchesne	Lapoint
Population	375	49
Median age	30.5 yrs	60.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,052	—
Median home value	$167,000	$156,700
Housing units	209	32
Homeownership rate	61.8%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Duchesne	Lapoint
Population	594 → 375 (-36.9%)	162 → 49 (-69.8%)
Median household income	$37,143 → $40,052 (+7.8%)	—
Median home value	$157,100 → $167,000 (+6.3%)	$147,500 → $156,700 (+6.2%)

Fort Duchesne

Population

594375

Median household income

$37,143$40,052

Median home value

$157,100$167,000

Lapoint

Population

16249

Median home value

$147,500$156,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Duchesne	Lapoint
Under 5	3.5%	12.2%
5 to 17	5.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	31.2%	14.3%
25 to 34	18.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	7.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	6.4%	34.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	0.0%
75 and over	4.0%	24.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Duchesne	Lapoint
White (non-Hispanic)	2.4%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Duchesne	Lapoint
No high school diploma	40.2%	33.3%
High school graduate	30.4%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Duchesne	Lapoint
Drove alone	73.8%	50.0%
Carpooled	14.8%	50.0%
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	Lapoint
1-unit, detached	57.9%	59.4%
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%	40.6%

Poverty & households

	Fort Duchesne	Lapoint
Poverty rate	50.1%	0.0%
Average household size	3.05	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	15	—
Median year structure built	1975	1965