Garfield County vs Wayne County

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

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

Garfield County has the higher population (5,170 vs 2,557 in Wayne County). Wayne County has the higher median household income ($70,074 vs $61,688 in Garfield County). Wayne County has the higher median home value ($364,800 vs $285,800 in Garfield County).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield County	Wayne County
Population	5,170	2,557
Median age	41.0 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,688	$70,074
Median home value	$285,800	$364,800
Median gross rent	$781	$1,018
Housing units	3,589	1,713
Homeownership rate	73.5%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield County	Wayne County
Population	4,998 → 5,170 (+3.4%)	2,689 → 2,557 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$54,565 → $61,688 (+13.1%)	$44,245 → $70,074 (+58.4%)
Median home value	$188,900 → $285,800 (+51.3%)	$205,700 → $364,800 (+77.3%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $781 (+13.5%)	$597 → $1,018 (+70.5%)

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

Wayne County

Population

2,6892,557

Median household income

$44,245$70,074

Median home value

$205,700$364,800

Median gross rent

$597$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield County	Wayne County
Under 5	5.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	14.3%	15.1%
75 and over	8.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield County	Wayne County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield County	Wayne County
No high school diploma	4.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	26.0%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield County	Wayne County
Drove alone	71.0%	55.6%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.5%	27.1%
Other means	2.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield County	Wayne County
1-unit, detached	85.1%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Garfield County	Wayne County
Poverty rate	11.1%	9.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	14	25
Median year structure built	1982	1982