Hanksville vs Loa

A side-by-side comparison of Hanksville and Loa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Loa has the higher population (597 vs 203 in Hanksville). Loa has the higher median household income ($66,838 vs $37,614 in Hanksville). Loa has the higher median home value ($316,700 vs $97,300 in Hanksville).

Population, income & housing

	Hanksville	Loa
Population	203	597
Median age	48.8 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,614	$66,838
Median home value	$97,300	$316,700
Median gross rent	$1,045	$1,080
Housing units	124	270
Homeownership rate	56.2%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanksville	Loa
Population	270 → 203 (-24.8%)	524 → 597 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$39,286 → $37,614 (-4.3%)	$41,429 → $66,838 (+61.3%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $97,300 (-56.8%)	$159,000 → $316,700 (+99.2%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $1,045 (+97.2%)	$570 → $1,080 (+89.5%)

Hanksville

Population

270203

Median household income

$39,286$37,614

Median home value

$225,000$97,300

Median gross rent

$530$1,045

Loa

Population

524597

Median household income

$41,429$66,838

Median home value

$159,000$316,700

Median gross rent

$570$1,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hanksville	Loa
Under 5	4.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	21.3%
18 to 24	16.3%	14.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	0.5%	8.4%
45 to 54	7.9%	7.0%
55 to 64	21.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	11.4%
75 and over	10.8%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanksville	Loa
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	87.3%
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%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.8%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanksville	Loa
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.3%
High school graduate	21.1%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	74.2%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanksville	Loa
Drove alone	56.3%	65.0%
Carpooled	32.4%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanksville	Loa
1-unit, detached	71.8%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hanksville	Loa
Poverty rate	14.8%	0.3%
Average household size	1.89	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1995	1988