Cache County vs Utah County

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

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

Utah County has the higher population (683,622 vs 137,031 in Cache County). Utah County has the higher median household income ($96,877 vs $78,292 in Cache County). Utah County has the higher median home value ($489,200 vs $392,800 in Cache County).

Population, income & housing

	Cache County	Utah County
Population	137,031	683,622
Median age	25.9 yrs	25.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,292	$96,877
Median home value	$392,800	$489,200
Median gross rent	$1,137	$1,441
Housing units	45,454	203,308
Homeownership rate	63.6%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cache County	Utah County
Population	124,165 → 137,031 (+10.4%)	605,490 → 683,622 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$59,038 → $78,292 (+32.6%)	$74,665 → $96,877 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$236,500 → $392,800 (+66.1%)	$305,500 → $489,200 (+60.1%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $1,137 (+41.6%)	$1,060 → $1,441 (+35.9%)

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

Utah County

Population

605,490683,622

Median household income

$74,665$96,877

Median home value

$305,500$489,200

Median gross rent

$1,060$1,441

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cache County	Utah County
Under 5	7.7%	8.7%
5 to 17	21.9%	23.5%
18 to 24	18.7%	16.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	15.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	7.3%	6.7%
65 to 74	5.9%	4.7%
75 and over	3.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cache County	Utah County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	78.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.8%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cache County	Utah County
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	20.1%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cache County	Utah County
Drove alone	69.6%	66.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	10.1%
Public transit	2.1%	1.9%
Walked	3.9%	2.9%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.9%	17.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cache County	Utah County
1-unit, detached	64.0%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	9.8%
20 or more units	5.4%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Cache County	Utah County
Poverty rate	13.1%	8.7%
Average household size	3.09	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1991	1999