Beaver County vs Grand County

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver County and Grand County: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaver County and Grand County are counties in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grand County has the higher population (9,697 vs 7,172 in Beaver County). Beaver County has the higher median household income ($85,603 vs $62,521 in Grand County). Grand County has the higher median home value ($480,900 vs $287,600 in Beaver County).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver County	Grand County
Population	7,172	9,697
Median age	34.4 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,603	$62,521
Median home value	$287,600	$480,900
Median gross rent	$1,034	$1,021
Housing units	2,928	5,333
Homeownership rate	82.4%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver County	Grand County
Population	6,517 → 7,172 (+10.1%)	9,640 → 9,697 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$55,221 → $85,603 (+55.0%)	$51,557 → $62,521 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$177,600 → $287,600 (+61.9%)	$247,800 → $480,900 (+94.1%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $1,034 (+44.2%)	$872 → $1,021 (+17.1%)

Beaver County

Population

6,5177,172

Median household income

$55,221$85,603

Median home value

$177,600$287,600

Median gross rent

$717$1,034

Grand County

Population

9,6409,697

Median household income

$51,557$62,521

Median home value

$247,800$480,900

Median gross rent

$872$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver County	Grand County
Under 5	7.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	23.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.4%
75 and over	5.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver County	Grand County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	78.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	3.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver County	Grand County
No high school diploma	6.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	32.5%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver County	Grand County
Drove alone	74.3%	70.7%
Carpooled	14.6%	10.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.1%
Worked from home	10.5%	10.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver County	Grand County
1-unit, detached	93.5%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.1%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Beaver County	Grand County
Poverty rate	7.5%	17.0%
Average household size	2.89	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1975	1987