Garfield County vs Kane County

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

Garfield 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.

Kane County has the higher population (7,996 vs 5,170 in Garfield County). Kane County has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $61,688 in Garfield County). Kane County has the higher median home value ($350,900 vs $285,800 in Garfield County).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield County	Kane County
Population	5,170	7,996
Median age	41.0 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,688	$75,000
Median home value	$285,800	$350,900
Median gross rent	$781	$1,120
Housing units	3,589	6,264
Homeownership rate	73.5%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield County	Kane County
Population	4,998 → 5,170 (+3.4%)	7,484 → 7,996 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$54,565 → $61,688 (+13.1%)	$47,044 → $75,000 (+59.4%)
Median home value	$188,900 → $285,800 (+51.3%)	$204,900 → $350,900 (+71.3%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $781 (+13.5%)	$925 → $1,120 (+21.1%)

Garfield County

Population

4,9985,170

Median household income

$54,565$61,688

Median home value

$188,900$285,800

Median gross rent

$688$781

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)

	Garfield County	Kane County
Under 5	5.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	14.4%
75 and over	8.4%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield County	Kane County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield County	Kane County
No high school diploma	4.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	26.0%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield County	Kane County
Drove alone	71.0%	69.4%
Carpooled	12.1%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.5%	17.0%
Other means	2.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield County	Kane County
1-unit, detached	85.1%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Garfield County	Kane County
Poverty rate	11.1%	10.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	14	14
Median year structure built	1982	1994