Box Elder County vs Washington County

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

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

Washington County has the higher population (189,827 vs 59,725 in Box Elder County). Box Elder County has the higher median household income ($77,865 vs $76,411 in Washington County). Washington County has the higher median home value ($465,600 vs $357,400 in Box Elder County).

Population, income & housing

	Box Elder County	Washington County
Population	59,725	189,827
Median age	32.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,865	$76,411
Median home value	$357,400	$465,600
Median gross rent	$1,028	$1,464
Housing units	20,280	78,993
Homeownership rate	75.7%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Box Elder County	Washington County
Population	53,946 → 59,725 (+10.7%)	165,811 → 189,827 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$62,233 → $77,865 (+25.1%)	$59,839 → $76,411 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$203,600 → $357,400 (+75.5%)	$283,800 → $465,600 (+64.1%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $1,028 (+37.6%)	$1,015 → $1,464 (+44.2%)

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

Washington County

Population

165,811189,827

Median household income

$59,839$76,411

Median home value

$283,800$465,600

Median gross rent

$1,015$1,464

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Box Elder County	Washington County
Under 5	7.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	23.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.3%
75 and over	5.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Box Elder County	Washington County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.7%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Box Elder County	Washington County
No high school diploma	7.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	31.9%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Box Elder County	Washington County
Drove alone	74.7%	73.1%
Carpooled	12.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.0%	13.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Box Elder County	Washington County
1-unit, detached	78.4%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	5.3%
20 or more units	2.2%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Box Elder County	Washington County
Poverty rate	8.6%	9.9%
Average household size	3.10	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1981	2002