Cache County vs Summit County

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

Cache 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.

Cache County has the higher population (137,031 vs 42,709 in Summit County). Summit County has the higher median household income ($137,058 vs $78,292 in Cache County). Summit County has the higher median home value ($1,000,400 vs $392,800 in Cache County).

Population, income & housing

	Cache County	Summit County
Population	137,031	42,709
Median age	25.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,292	$137,058
Median home value	$392,800	$1,000,400
Median gross rent	$1,137	$1,969
Housing units	45,454	26,206
Homeownership rate	63.6%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cache County	Summit County
Population	124,165 → 137,031 (+10.4%)	41,103 → 42,709 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$59,038 → $78,292 (+32.6%)	$102,958 → $137,058 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$236,500 → $392,800 (+66.1%)	$641,900 → $1,000,400 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $1,137 (+41.6%)	$1,429 → $1,969 (+37.8%)

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

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)

	Cache County	Summit County
Under 5	7.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	18.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	8.8%	14.6%
55 to 64	7.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	5.9%	10.0%
75 and over	3.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cache County	Summit County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cache County	Summit County
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	20.1%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cache County	Summit County
Drove alone	69.6%	63.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.9%
Public transit	2.1%	2.3%
Walked	3.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.9%	24.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cache County	Summit County
1-unit, detached	64.0%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	7.4%
20 or more units	5.4%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Cache County	Summit County
Poverty rate	13.1%	4.5%
Average household size	3.09	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1991	1995