Fort Duchesne vs Maeser

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

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

Maeser has the higher population (4,533 vs 375 in Fort Duchesne). Maeser has the higher median household income ($77,873 vs $40,052 in Fort Duchesne). Maeser has the higher median home value ($315,100 vs $167,000 in Fort Duchesne).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Duchesne	Maeser
Population	375	4,533
Median age	30.5 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,052	$77,873
Median home value	$167,000	$315,100
Median gross rent	—	$792
Housing units	209	1,665
Homeownership rate	61.8%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Duchesne	Maeser
Population	594 → 375 (-36.9%)	4,123 → 4,533 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$37,143 → $40,052 (+7.8%)	$75,852 → $77,873 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$157,100 → $167,000 (+6.3%)	$249,500 → $315,100 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$944 → $792 (-16.1%)

Fort Duchesne

Population

594375

Median household income

$37,143$40,052

Median home value

$157,100$167,000

Maeser

Population

4,1234,533

Median household income

$75,852$77,873

Median home value

$249,500$315,100

Median gross rent

$944$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Duchesne	Maeser
Under 5	3.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	5.6%	28.1%
18 to 24	31.2%	10.4%
25 to 34	18.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	7.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	8.6%
55 to 64	6.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.4%
75 and over	4.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Duchesne	Maeser
White (non-Hispanic)	2.4%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	70.7%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Duchesne	Maeser
No high school diploma	40.2%	8.2%
High school graduate	30.4%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.4%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Duchesne	Maeser
Drove alone	73.8%	76.1%
Carpooled	14.8%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Duchesne	Maeser
1-unit, detached	57.9%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	23.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Duchesne	Maeser
Poverty rate	50.1%	8.3%
Average household size	3.05	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1975	1999