Beaver County vs Kane County

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

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

Kane County has the higher population (7,996 vs 7,172 in Beaver County). Beaver County has the higher median household income ($85,603 vs $75,000 in Kane County). Kane County has the higher median home value ($350,900 vs $287,600 in Beaver County).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver County	Kane County
Population	7,172	7,996
Median age	34.4 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,603	$75,000
Median home value	$287,600	$350,900
Median gross rent	$1,034	$1,120
Housing units	2,928	6,264
Homeownership rate	82.4%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver County	Kane County
Population	6,517 → 7,172 (+10.1%)	7,484 → 7,996 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$55,221 → $85,603 (+55.0%)	$47,044 → $75,000 (+59.4%)
Median home value	$177,600 → $287,600 (+61.9%)	$204,900 → $350,900 (+71.3%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $1,034 (+44.2%)	$925 → $1,120 (+21.1%)

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

Kane County

Population

7,4847,996

Median household income

$47,044$75,000

Median home value

$204,900$350,900

Median gross rent

$925$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver County	Kane County
Under 5	7.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	23.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	14.4%
75 and over	5.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver County	Kane County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver County	Kane County
No high school diploma	6.6%	5.3%
High school graduate	32.5%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver County	Kane County
Drove alone	74.3%	69.4%
Carpooled	14.6%	10.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.5%	17.0%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver County	Kane County
1-unit, detached	93.5%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Beaver County	Kane County
Poverty rate	7.5%	10.4%
Average household size	2.89	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1975	1994