Mapleton vs Santaquin

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

Mapleton 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 12,340 in Mapleton). Mapleton has the higher median household income ($127,860 vs $95,175 in Santaquin). Mapleton has the higher median home value ($734,100 vs $434,700 in Santaquin).

Population, income & housing

	Mapleton	Santaquin
Population	12,340	15,391
Median age	31.4 yrs	27.1 yrs
Median household income	$127,860	$95,175
Median home value	$734,100	$434,700
Median gross rent	$1,392	$1,165
Housing units	3,463	4,273
Homeownership rate	87.0%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.0%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mapleton	Santaquin
Population	9,872 → 12,340 (+25.0%)	11,684 → 15,391 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$112,730 → $127,860 (+13.4%)	$72,171 → $95,175 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$429,900 → $734,100 (+70.8%)	$251,600 → $434,700 (+72.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $1,392 (+19.6%)	$997 → $1,165 (+16.9%)

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

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)

	Mapleton	Santaquin
Under 5	5.4%	11.4%
5 to 17	28.7%	27.8%
18 to 24	12.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.1%	16.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	6.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	4.7%
75 and over	6.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mapleton	Santaquin
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	79.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mapleton	Santaquin
No high school diploma	2.4%	5.9%
High school graduate	16.6%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mapleton	Santaquin
Drove alone	68.6%	74.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	10.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	12.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mapleton	Santaquin
1-unit, detached	90.7%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	1.9%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Mapleton	Santaquin
Poverty rate	3.2%	3.7%
Average household size	3.62	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	2004	2005