Alpine vs Santaquin

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

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

Santaquin has the higher population (15,391 vs 10,272 in Alpine). Alpine has the higher median household income ($156,786 vs $95,175 in Santaquin). Alpine has the higher median home value ($893,400 vs $434,700 in Santaquin).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Santaquin
Population	10,272	15,391
Median age	36.7 yrs	27.1 yrs
Median household income	$156,786	$95,175
Median home value	$893,400	$434,700
Median gross rent	$2,786	$1,165
Housing units	3,133	4,273
Homeownership rate	87.6%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.6%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Santaquin
Population	10,477 → 10,272 (-2.0%)	11,684 → 15,391 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$129,239 → $156,786 (+21.3%)	$72,171 → $95,175 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$569,300 → $893,400 (+56.9%)	$251,600 → $434,700 (+72.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,740 → $2,786 (+60.1%)	$997 → $1,165 (+16.9%)

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

Santaquin

Population

11,68415,391

Median household income

$72,171$95,175

Median home value

$251,600$434,700

Median gross rent

$997$1,165

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Santaquin
Under 5	5.2%	11.4%
5 to 17	25.9%	27.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	10.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	6.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	4.7%
75 and over	6.9%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Santaquin
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	79.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	1.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Santaquin
No high school diploma	1.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	10.8%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Santaquin
Drove alone	66.2%	74.9%
Carpooled	6.7%	10.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	12.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Santaquin
1-unit, detached	90.8%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	4.7%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Santaquin
Poverty rate	6.0%	3.7%
Average household size	3.43	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1998	2005