Piute County vs Wayne County

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

Piute 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.

Wayne County has the higher population (2,557 vs 1,705 in Piute County). Wayne County has the higher median household income ($70,074 vs $44,650 in Piute County). Wayne County has the higher median home value ($364,800 vs $235,400 in Piute County).

Population, income & housing

	Piute County	Wayne County
Population	1,705	2,557
Median age	47.1 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,650	$70,074
Median home value	$235,400	$364,800
Median gross rent	$792	$1,018
Housing units	892	1,713
Homeownership rate	92.6%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piute County	Wayne County
Population	1,866 → 1,705 (-8.6%)	2,689 → 2,557 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $44,650 (+4.3%)	$44,245 → $70,074 (+58.4%)
Median home value	$179,500 → $235,400 (+31.1%)	$205,700 → $364,800 (+77.3%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $792 (+9.2%)	$597 → $1,018 (+70.5%)

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

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)

	Piute County	Wayne County
Under 5	3.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	13.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	5.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	15.2%	15.1%
75 and over	13.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piute County	Wayne County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piute County	Wayne County
No high school diploma	14.4%	4.3%
High school graduate	25.4%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piute County	Wayne County
Drove alone	65.1%	55.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	7.5%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	26.3%	27.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piute County	Wayne County
1-unit, detached	88.3%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Piute County	Wayne County
Poverty rate	11.1%	9.1%
Average household size	2.99	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1976	1982