Emery County vs Kane County

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

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

Emery County has the higher population (9,968 vs 7,996 in Kane County). Kane County has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $69,956 in Emery County). Kane County has the higher median home value ($350,900 vs $197,100 in Emery County).

Population, income & housing

	Emery County	Kane County
Population	9,968	7,996
Median age	39.1 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,956	$75,000
Median home value	$197,100	$350,900
Median gross rent	$696	$1,120
Housing units	4,099	6,264
Homeownership rate	79.6%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emery County	Kane County
Population	10,117 → 9,968 (-1.5%)	7,484 → 7,996 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$55,554 → $69,956 (+25.9%)	$47,044 → $75,000 (+59.4%)
Median home value	$140,200 → $197,100 (+40.6%)	$204,900 → $350,900 (+71.3%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $696 (+15.0%)	$925 → $1,120 (+21.1%)

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

Kane County

Population

7,4847,996

Median household income

$47,044$75,000

Median home value

$204,900$350,900

Median gross rent

$925$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emery County	Kane County
Under 5	6.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	22.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	14.4%
75 and over	6.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emery County	Kane County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emery County	Kane County
No high school diploma	6.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	31.8%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emery County	Kane County
Drove alone	81.3%	69.4%
Carpooled	12.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.2%	17.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emery County	Kane County
1-unit, detached	79.8%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Emery County	Kane County
Poverty rate	11.3%	10.4%
Average household size	2.88	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	14
Median year structure built	1978	1994