Emery County vs Millard County

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

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

Millard County has the higher population (13,179 vs 9,968 in Emery County). Millard County has the higher median household income ($70,877 vs $69,956 in Emery County). Millard County has the higher median home value ($246,400 vs $197,100 in Emery County).

Population, income & housing

	Emery County	Millard County
Population	9,968	13,179
Median age	39.1 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,956	$70,877
Median home value	$197,100	$246,400
Median gross rent	$696	$897
Housing units	4,099	4,990
Homeownership rate	79.6%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emery County	Millard County
Population	10,117 → 9,968 (-1.5%)	12,854 → 13,179 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$55,554 → $69,956 (+25.9%)	$62,242 → $70,877 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$140,200 → $197,100 (+40.6%)	$155,000 → $246,400 (+59.0%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $696 (+15.0%)	$726 → $897 (+23.6%)

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

Millard County

Population

12,85413,179

Median household income

$62,242$70,877

Median home value

$155,000$246,400

Median gross rent

$726$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emery County	Millard County
Under 5	6.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	22.2%	24.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.6%
75 and over	6.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emery County	Millard County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emery County	Millard County
No high school diploma	6.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	31.8%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emery County	Millard County
Drove alone	81.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	12.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emery County	Millard County
1-unit, detached	79.8%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Emery County	Millard County
Poverty rate	11.3%	8.8%
Average household size	2.88	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1978	1974