Cache County vs Salt Lake County

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

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

Salt Lake County has the higher population (1,184,689 vs 137,031 in Cache County). Salt Lake County has the higher median household income ($94,658 vs $78,292 in Cache County). Salt Lake County has the higher median home value ($484,500 vs $392,800 in Cache County).

Population, income & housing

	Cache County	Salt Lake County
Population	137,031	1,184,689
Median age	25.9 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,292	$94,658
Median home value	$392,800	$484,500
Median gross rent	$1,137	$1,493
Housing units	45,454	440,166
Homeownership rate	63.6%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cache County	Salt Lake County
Population	124,165 → 137,031 (+10.4%)	1,133,646 → 1,184,689 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$59,038 → $78,292 (+32.6%)	$74,865 → $94,658 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$236,500 → $392,800 (+66.1%)	$305,700 → $484,500 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $1,137 (+41.6%)	$1,118 → $1,493 (+33.5%)

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

Salt Lake County

Population

1,133,6461,184,689

Median household income

$74,865$94,658

Median home value

$305,700$484,500

Median gross rent

$1,118$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cache County	Salt Lake County
Under 5	7.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	18.7%	9.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	16.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	7.3%	9.9%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.2%
75 and over	3.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cache County	Salt Lake County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	67.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	1.8%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	1.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cache County	Salt Lake County
No high school diploma	6.0%	8.3%
High school graduate	20.1%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cache County	Salt Lake County
Drove alone	69.6%	66.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	9.8%
Public transit	2.1%	2.3%
Walked	3.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.9%	17.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cache County	Salt Lake County
1-unit, detached	64.0%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	9.1%
20 or more units	5.4%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Cache County	Salt Lake County
Poverty rate	13.1%	8.4%
Average household size	3.09	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1991	1985