Iron County vs Summit County

A side-by-side comparison of Iron County and Summit County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Iron County has the higher population (60,201 vs 42,709 in Summit County). Summit County has the higher median household income ($137,058 vs $65,527 in Iron County). Summit County has the higher median home value ($1,000,400 vs $342,900 in Iron County).

Population, income & housing

	Iron County	Summit County
Population	60,201	42,709
Median age	29.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,527	$137,058
Median home value	$342,900	$1,000,400
Median gross rent	$1,008	$1,969
Housing units	22,824	26,206
Homeownership rate	67.4%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron County	Summit County
Population	51,213 → 60,201 (+17.6%)	41,103 → 42,709 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$51,807 → $65,527 (+26.5%)	$102,958 → $137,058 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$213,600 → $342,900 (+60.5%)	$641,900 → $1,000,400 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $1,008 (+24.0%)	$1,429 → $1,969 (+37.8%)

Iron County

Population

51,21360,201

Median household income

$51,807$65,527

Median home value

$213,600$342,900

Median gross rent

$813$1,008

Summit County

Population

41,10342,709

Median household income

$102,958$137,058

Median home value

$641,900$1,000,400

Median gross rent

$1,429$1,969

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron County	Summit County
Under 5	6.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.0%	18.6%
18 to 24	15.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	9.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.0%
75 and over	4.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron County	Summit County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron County	Summit County
No high school diploma	6.8%	5.0%
High school graduate	25.0%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron County	Summit County
Drove alone	74.1%	63.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.9%
Public transit	0.1%	2.3%
Walked	2.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.0%	24.2%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron County	Summit County
1-unit, detached	65.1%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	7.4%
20 or more units	7.0%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Iron County	Summit County
Poverty rate	13.6%	4.5%
Average household size	3.01	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1996	1995