Box Elder County vs Cache County

A side-by-side comparison of Box Elder County and Cache County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cache County has the higher population (137,031 vs 59,725 in Box Elder County). Cache County has the higher median household income ($78,292 vs $77,865 in Box Elder County). Cache County has the higher median home value ($392,800 vs $357,400 in Box Elder County).

Population, income & housing

	Box Elder County	Cache County
Population	59,725	137,031
Median age	32.9 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,865	$78,292
Median home value	$357,400	$392,800
Median gross rent	$1,028	$1,137
Housing units	20,280	45,454
Homeownership rate	75.7%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Box Elder County	Cache County
Population	53,946 → 59,725 (+10.7%)	124,165 → 137,031 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$62,233 → $77,865 (+25.1%)	$59,038 → $78,292 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$203,600 → $357,400 (+75.5%)	$236,500 → $392,800 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $1,028 (+37.6%)	$803 → $1,137 (+41.6%)

Box Elder County

Population

53,94659,725

Median household income

$62,233$77,865

Median home value

$203,600$357,400

Median gross rent

$747$1,028

Cache County

Population

124,165137,031

Median household income

$59,038$78,292

Median home value

$236,500$392,800

Median gross rent

$803$1,137

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Box Elder County	Cache County
Under 5	7.5%	7.7%
5 to 17	23.5%	21.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	18.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	7.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.9%
75 and over	5.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Box Elder County	Cache County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Box Elder County	Cache County
No high school diploma	7.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	31.9%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Box Elder County	Cache County
Drove alone	74.7%	69.6%
Carpooled	12.2%	9.0%
Public transit	0.5%	2.1%
Walked	1.5%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	10.0%	12.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Box Elder County	Cache County
1-unit, detached	78.4%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	7.9%
20 or more units	2.2%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Box Elder County	Cache County
Poverty rate	8.6%	13.1%
Average household size	3.10	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1981	1991