Cache County vs Washington County

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

Cache 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 137,031 in Cache County). Cache County has the higher median household income ($78,292 vs $76,411 in Washington County). Washington County has the higher median home value ($465,600 vs $392,800 in Cache County).

Population, income & housing

	Cache County	Washington County
Population	137,031	189,827
Median age	25.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,292	$76,411
Median home value	$392,800	$465,600
Median gross rent	$1,137	$1,464
Housing units	45,454	78,993
Homeownership rate	63.6%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cache County	Washington County
Population	124,165 → 137,031 (+10.4%)	165,811 → 189,827 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$59,038 → $78,292 (+32.6%)	$59,839 → $76,411 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$236,500 → $392,800 (+66.1%)	$283,800 → $465,600 (+64.1%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $1,137 (+41.6%)	$1,015 → $1,464 (+44.2%)

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

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)

	Cache County	Washington County
Under 5	7.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	18.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	7.3%	10.5%
65 to 74	5.9%	12.3%
75 and over	3.9%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cache County	Washington County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	1.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.7%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cache County	Washington County
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	20.1%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cache County	Washington County
Drove alone	69.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	10.0%
Public transit	2.1%	0.4%
Walked	3.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.9%	13.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cache County	Washington County
1-unit, detached	64.0%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	5.3%
20 or more units	5.4%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Cache County	Washington County
Poverty rate	13.1%	9.9%
Average household size	3.09	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1991	2002