Fort Duchesne vs Vernal

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

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

Vernal has the higher population (10,254 vs 375 in Fort Duchesne). Vernal has the higher median household income ($59,178 vs $40,052 in Fort Duchesne). Vernal has the higher median home value ($234,200 vs $167,000 in Fort Duchesne).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Duchesne	Vernal
Population	375	10,254
Median age	30.5 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,052	$59,178
Median home value	$167,000	$234,200
Median gross rent	—	$900
Housing units	209	4,156
Homeownership rate	61.8%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Duchesne	Vernal
Population	594 → 375 (-36.9%)	10,574 → 10,254 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$37,143 → $40,052 (+7.8%)	$48,325 → $59,178 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$157,100 → $167,000 (+6.3%)	$166,400 → $234,200 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$732 → $900 (+23.0%)

Fort Duchesne

Population

594375

Median household income

$37,143$40,052

Median home value

$157,100$167,000

Vernal

Population

10,57410,254

Median household income

$48,325$59,178

Median home value

$166,400$234,200

Median gross rent

$732$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Duchesne	Vernal
Under 5	3.5%	9.5%
5 to 17	5.6%	24.0%
18 to 24	31.2%	10.3%
25 to 34	18.1%	15.9%
35 to 44	7.7%	15.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	6.4%	7.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	3.4%
75 and over	4.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Duchesne	Vernal
White (non-Hispanic)	2.4%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	70.7%	4.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Duchesne	Vernal
No high school diploma	40.2%	12.9%
High school graduate	30.4%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.4%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Duchesne	Vernal
Drove alone	73.8%	76.1%
Carpooled	14.8%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Duchesne	Vernal
1-unit, detached	57.9%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	23.4%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Duchesne	Vernal
Poverty rate	50.1%	18.1%
Average household size	3.05	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1975	1978