Hurricane vs Santa Clara

A side-by-side comparison of Hurricane and Santa Clara: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hurricane has the higher population (21,677 vs 7,891 in Santa Clara). Santa Clara has the higher median household income ($93,083 vs $67,424 in Hurricane). Santa Clara has the higher median home value ($509,600 vs $411,400 in Hurricane).

Population, income & housing

	Hurricane	Santa Clara
Population	21,677	7,891
Median age	41.1 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,424	$93,083
Median home value	$411,400	$509,600
Median gross rent	$1,235	$1,912
Housing units	8,601	2,867
Homeownership rate	71.9%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hurricane	Santa Clara
Population	17,212 → 21,677 (+25.9%)	7,495 → 7,891 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$55,190 → $67,424 (+22.2%)	$83,326 → $93,083 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$238,800 → $411,400 (+72.3%)	$315,000 → $509,600 (+61.8%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,235 (+26.7%)	$1,445 → $1,912 (+32.3%)

Hurricane

Population

17,21221,677

Median household income

$55,190$67,424

Median home value

$238,800$411,400

Median gross rent

$975$1,235

Santa Clara

Population

7,4957,891

Median household income

$83,326$93,083

Median home value

$315,000$509,600

Median gross rent

$1,445$1,912

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hurricane	Santa Clara
Under 5	6.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	14.5%	9.8%
75 and over	9.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hurricane	Santa Clara
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hurricane	Santa Clara
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.8%
High school graduate	23.1%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	45.7%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hurricane	Santa Clara
Drove alone	72.3%	80.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	9.9%
Other means	0.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hurricane	Santa Clara
1-unit, detached	75.9%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hurricane	Santa Clara
Poverty rate	11.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.65	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	2003	2002