Emery County vs Juab County

A side-by-side comparison of Emery County and Juab County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Juab County has the higher population (12,273 vs 9,968 in Emery County). Juab County has the higher median household income ($89,803 vs $69,956 in Emery County). Juab County has the higher median home value ($369,800 vs $197,100 in Emery County).

Population, income & housing

	Emery County	Juab County
Population	9,968	12,273
Median age	39.1 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,956	$89,803
Median home value	$197,100	$369,800
Median gross rent	$696	$917
Housing units	4,099	3,972
Homeownership rate	79.6%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emery County	Juab County
Population	10,117 → 9,968 (-1.5%)	11,301 → 12,273 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$55,554 → $69,956 (+25.9%)	$61,463 → $89,803 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$140,200 → $197,100 (+40.6%)	$223,000 → $369,800 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $696 (+15.0%)	$800 → $917 (+14.6%)

Emery County

Population

10,1179,968

Median household income

$55,554$69,956

Median home value

$140,200$197,100

Median gross rent

$605$696

Juab County

Population

11,30112,273

Median household income

$61,463$89,803

Median home value

$223,000$369,800

Median gross rent

$800$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emery County	Juab County
Under 5	6.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	22.2%	26.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.7%
75 and over	6.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emery County	Juab County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emery County	Juab County
No high school diploma	6.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	31.8%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emery County	Juab County
Drove alone	81.3%	75.6%
Carpooled	12.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.2%	11.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emery County	Juab County
1-unit, detached	79.8%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Emery County	Juab County
Poverty rate	11.3%	9.0%
Average household size	2.88	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1978	1982