Independence vs Timber Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Independence and Timber Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Timber Lakes has the higher population (966 vs 71 in Independence). Independence has the higher median household income ($119,167 vs $49,435 in Timber Lakes). Independence has the higher median home value ($615,400 vs $515,400 in Timber Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Independence	Timber Lakes
Population	71	966
Median age	49.9 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$119,167	$49,435
Median home value	$615,400	$515,400
Housing units	38	1,123
Homeownership rate	92.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Independence	Timber Lakes
Population	185 → 71 (-61.6%)	661 → 966 (+46.1%)
Median household income	$130,833 → $119,167 (-8.9%)	$47,583 → $49,435 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$312,500 → $615,400 (+96.9%)	$569,800 → $515,400 (-9.5%)

Independence

Population

18571

Median household income

$130,833$119,167

Median home value

$312,500$615,400

Timber Lakes

Population

661966

Median household income

$47,583$49,435

Median home value

$569,800$515,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Independence	Timber Lakes
Under 5	9.9%	12.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	24.2%
18 to 24	1.4%	1.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	7.0%
45 to 54	19.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	7.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	5.1%
75 and over	8.5%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Independence	Timber Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	79.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Independence	Timber Lakes
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	23.5%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	35.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Independence	Timber Lakes
Drove alone	71.4%	32.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	37.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	30.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Independence	Timber Lakes
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Independence	Timber Lakes
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1992	2003