Hooper vs Plain City

A side-by-side comparison of Hooper and Plain City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hooper has the higher population (9,220 vs 8,101 in Plain City). Plain City has the higher median household income ($126,250 vs $114,773 in Hooper). Hooper has the higher median home value ($548,800 vs $532,300 in Plain City).

Population, income & housing

	Hooper	Plain City
Population	9,220	8,101
Median age	35.9 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$114,773	$126,250
Median home value	$548,800	$532,300
Median gross rent	—	$2,184
Housing units	2,568	2,475
Homeownership rate	99.4%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hooper	Plain City
Population	8,646 → 9,220 (+6.6%)	6,867 → 8,101 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$96,688 → $114,773 (+18.7%)	$74,714 → $126,250 (+69.0%)
Median home value	$330,300 → $548,800 (+66.2%)	$301,500 → $532,300 (+76.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,216 → $1,188 (-2.3%)	$736 → $2,184 (+196.7%)

Hooper

Population

8,6469,220

Median household income

$96,688$114,773

Median home value

$330,300$548,800

Median gross rent

$1,216$1,188

Plain City

Population

6,8678,101

Median household income

$74,714$126,250

Median home value

$301,500$532,300

Median gross rent

$736$2,184

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hooper	Plain City
Under 5	4.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	29.9%	28.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	6.6%	6.3%
35 to 44	18.6%	18.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	8.1%	10.1%
65 to 74	5.3%	5.7%
75 and over	4.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hooper	Plain City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hooper	Plain City
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.8%
High school graduate	25.3%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hooper	Plain City
Drove alone	77.1%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	3.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	12.2%
Other means	1.6%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hooper	Plain City
1-unit, detached	99.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	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

	Hooper	Plain City
Poverty rate	5.7%	1.8%
Average household size	3.69	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	2002	2002