Iron County vs Uintah County

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

Iron County and Uintah 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 36,458 in Uintah County). Uintah County has the higher median household income ($69,861 vs $65,527 in Iron County). Iron County has the higher median home value ($342,900 vs $270,200 in Uintah County).

Population, income & housing

	Iron County	Uintah County
Population	60,201	36,458
Median age	29.9 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,527	$69,861
Median home value	$342,900	$270,200
Median gross rent	$1,008	$914
Housing units	22,824	13,775
Homeownership rate	67.4%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron County	Uintah County
Population	51,213 → 60,201 (+17.6%)	36,084 → 36,458 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$51,807 → $65,527 (+26.5%)	$65,264 → $69,861 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$213,600 → $342,900 (+60.5%)	$197,000 → $270,200 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $1,008 (+24.0%)	$811 → $914 (+12.7%)

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

Uintah County

Population

36,08436,458

Median household income

$65,264$69,861

Median home value

$197,000$270,200

Median gross rent

$811$914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron County	Uintah County
Under 5	6.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	21.0%	24.3%
18 to 24	15.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	9.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	7.6%
75 and over	4.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron County	Uintah County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	5.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron County	Uintah County
No high school diploma	6.8%	10.7%
High school graduate	25.0%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron County	Uintah County
Drove alone	74.1%	75.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	13.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	2.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	11.0%	6.5%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron County	Uintah County
1-unit, detached	65.1%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	4.6%
20 or more units	7.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Iron County	Uintah County
Poverty rate	13.6%	11.1%
Average household size	3.01	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1996	1988