Piute County vs Rich County

A side-by-side comparison of Piute County and Rich County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rich County has the higher population (2,588 vs 1,705 in Piute County). Rich County has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $44,650 in Piute County). Rich County has the higher median home value ($291,200 vs $235,400 in Piute County).

Population, income & housing

	Piute County	Rich County
Population	1,705	2,588
Median age	47.1 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,650	$76,875
Median home value	$235,400	$291,200
Median gross rent	$792	$743
Housing units	892	3,217
Homeownership rate	92.6%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piute County	Rich County
Population	1,866 → 1,705 (-8.6%)	2,389 → 2,588 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $44,650 (+4.3%)	$57,902 → $76,875 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$179,500 → $235,400 (+31.1%)	$202,500 → $291,200 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $792 (+9.2%)	$702 → $743 (+5.8%)

Piute County

Population

1,8661,705

Median household income

$42,813$44,650

Median home value

$179,500$235,400

Median gross rent

$725$792

Rich County

Population

2,3892,588

Median household income

$57,902$76,875

Median home value

$202,500$291,200

Median gross rent

$702$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Piute County	Rich County
Under 5	3.3%	8.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	24.1%
18 to 24	13.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	5.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	15.2%	13.2%
75 and over	13.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piute County	Rich County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piute County	Rich County
No high school diploma	14.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	25.4%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piute County	Rich County
Drove alone	65.1%	64.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.1%
Public transit	1.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.4%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.3%	19.2%
Other means	1.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piute County	Rich County
1-unit, detached	88.3%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Piute County	Rich County
Poverty rate	11.1%	9.5%
Average household size	2.99	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1976	1989