Alpine vs Mapleton

A side-by-side comparison of Alpine and Mapleton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mapleton has the higher population (12,340 vs 10,272 in Alpine). Alpine has the higher median household income ($156,786 vs $127,860 in Mapleton). Alpine has the higher median home value ($893,400 vs $734,100 in Mapleton).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Mapleton
Population	10,272	12,340
Median age	36.7 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$156,786	$127,860
Median home value	$893,400	$734,100
Median gross rent	$2,786	$1,392
Housing units	3,133	3,463
Homeownership rate	87.6%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.6%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Mapleton
Population	10,477 → 10,272 (-2.0%)	9,872 → 12,340 (+25.0%)
Median household income	$129,239 → $156,786 (+21.3%)	$112,730 → $127,860 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$569,300 → $893,400 (+56.9%)	$429,900 → $734,100 (+70.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,740 → $2,786 (+60.1%)	$1,164 → $1,392 (+19.6%)

Alpine

Population

10,47710,272

Median household income

$129,239$156,786

Median home value

$569,300$893,400

Median gross rent

$1,740$2,786

Mapleton

Population

9,87212,340

Median household income

$112,730$127,860

Median home value

$429,900$734,100

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Mapleton
Under 5	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	25.9%	28.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	12.1%
25 to 34	7.7%	6.1%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.6%
75 and over	6.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Mapleton
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Mapleton
No high school diploma	1.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	10.8%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Mapleton
Drove alone	66.2%	68.6%
Carpooled	6.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.4%	1.1%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	25.7%	17.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Mapleton
1-unit, detached	90.8%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Mapleton
Poverty rate	6.0%	3.2%
Average household size	3.43	3.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1998	2004