Emery County vs Morgan County

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

Emery 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.

Morgan County has the higher population (12,585 vs 9,968 in Emery County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($126,092 vs $69,956 in Emery County). Morgan County has the higher median home value ($600,900 vs $197,100 in Emery County).

Population, income & housing

	Emery County	Morgan County
Population	9,968	12,585
Median age	39.1 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,956	$126,092
Median home value	$197,100	$600,900
Median gross rent	$696	$1,493
Housing units	4,099	3,833
Homeownership rate	79.6%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emery County	Morgan County
Population	10,117 → 9,968 (-1.5%)	11,664 → 12,585 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$55,554 → $69,956 (+25.9%)	$91,341 → $126,092 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$140,200 → $197,100 (+40.6%)	$374,800 → $600,900 (+60.3%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $696 (+15.0%)	$1,182 → $1,493 (+26.3%)

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

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)

	Emery County	Morgan County
Under 5	6.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	22.2%	27.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	9.8%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.2%
75 and over	6.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emery County	Morgan County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emery County	Morgan County
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.4%
High school graduate	31.8%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emery County	Morgan County
Drove alone	81.3%	74.1%
Carpooled	12.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	12.2%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emery County	Morgan County
1-unit, detached	79.8%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Emery County	Morgan County
Poverty rate	11.3%	1.7%
Average household size	2.88	3.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1978	1997