Beaver County vs Piute County

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

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

Beaver County has the higher population (7,172 vs 1,705 in Piute County). Beaver County has the higher median household income ($85,603 vs $44,650 in Piute County). Beaver County has the higher median home value ($287,600 vs $235,400 in Piute County).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver County	Piute County
Population	7,172	1,705
Median age	34.4 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$85,603	$44,650
Median home value	$287,600	$235,400
Median gross rent	$1,034	$792
Housing units	2,928	892
Homeownership rate	82.4%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver County	Piute County
Population	6,517 → 7,172 (+10.1%)	1,866 → 1,705 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$55,221 → $85,603 (+55.0%)	$42,813 → $44,650 (+4.3%)
Median home value	$177,600 → $287,600 (+61.9%)	$179,500 → $235,400 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $1,034 (+44.2%)	$725 → $792 (+9.2%)

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

Piute County

Population

1,8661,705

Median household income

$42,813$44,650

Median home value

$179,500$235,400

Median gross rent

$725$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver County	Piute County
Under 5	7.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	23.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	13.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	5.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	15.2%
75 and over	5.0%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver County	Piute County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver County	Piute County
No high school diploma	6.6%	14.4%
High school graduate	32.5%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver County	Piute County
Drove alone	74.3%	65.1%
Carpooled	14.6%	4.1%
Public transit	0.2%	1.0%
Walked	0.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	26.3%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver County	Piute County
1-unit, detached	93.5%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Beaver County	Piute County
Poverty rate	7.5%	11.1%
Average household size	2.89	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	16	31
Median year structure built	1975	1976