Box Elder County vs Summit County

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

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

Box Elder County has the higher population (59,725 vs 42,709 in Summit County). Summit County has the higher median household income ($137,058 vs $77,865 in Box Elder County). Summit County has the higher median home value ($1,000,400 vs $357,400 in Box Elder County).

Population, income & housing

	Box Elder County	Summit County
Population	59,725	42,709
Median age	32.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,865	$137,058
Median home value	$357,400	$1,000,400
Median gross rent	$1,028	$1,969
Housing units	20,280	26,206
Homeownership rate	75.7%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Box Elder County	Summit County
Population	53,946 → 59,725 (+10.7%)	41,103 → 42,709 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$62,233 → $77,865 (+25.1%)	$102,958 → $137,058 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$203,600 → $357,400 (+75.5%)	$641,900 → $1,000,400 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $1,028 (+37.6%)	$1,429 → $1,969 (+37.8%)

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

Summit County

Population

41,10342,709

Median household income

$102,958$137,058

Median home value

$641,900$1,000,400

Median gross rent

$1,429$1,969

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Box Elder County	Summit County
Under 5	7.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	23.5%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	10.0%
75 and over	5.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Box Elder County	Summit County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Box Elder County	Summit County
No high school diploma	7.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	31.9%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Box Elder County	Summit County
Drove alone	74.7%	63.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.5%	2.3%
Walked	1.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.0%	24.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Box Elder County	Summit County
1-unit, detached	78.4%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	7.4%
20 or more units	2.2%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Box Elder County	Summit County
Poverty rate	8.6%	4.5%
Average household size	3.10	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1981	1995