Duchesne County vs Morgan County

A side-by-side comparison of Duchesne County and Morgan County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Duchesne County has the higher population (19,932 vs 12,585 in Morgan County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($126,092 vs $74,738 in Duchesne County). Morgan County has the higher median home value ($600,900 vs $253,600 in Duchesne County).

Population, income & housing

	Duchesne County	Morgan County
Population	19,932	12,585
Median age	33.8 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,738	$126,092
Median home value	$253,600	$600,900
Median gross rent	$934	$1,493
Housing units	8,943	3,833
Homeownership rate	79.3%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duchesne County	Morgan County
Population	20,148 → 19,932 (-1.1%)	11,664 → 12,585 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$63,224 → $74,738 (+18.2%)	$91,341 → $126,092 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$185,800 → $253,600 (+36.5%)	$374,800 → $600,900 (+60.3%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $934 (+9.2%)	$1,182 → $1,493 (+26.3%)

Duchesne County

Population

20,14819,932

Median household income

$63,224$74,738

Median home value

$185,800$253,600

Median gross rent

$855$934

Morgan County

Population

11,66412,585

Median household income

$91,341$126,092

Median home value

$374,800$600,900

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duchesne County	Morgan County
Under 5	8.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	24.4%	27.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	8.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	7.2%
75 and over	4.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duchesne County	Morgan County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duchesne County	Morgan County
No high school diploma	9.4%	2.4%
High school graduate	39.2%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duchesne County	Morgan County
Drove alone	77.8%	74.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	12.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duchesne County	Morgan County
1-unit, detached	72.9%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Duchesne County	Morgan County
Poverty rate	13.3%	1.7%
Average household size	2.93	3.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1987	1997