Sanpete County vs Sevier County

A side-by-side comparison of Sanpete County and Sevier County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sanpete County has the higher population (29,209 vs 21,854 in Sevier County). Sevier County has the higher median household income ($73,765 vs $67,459 in Sanpete County). Sanpete County has the higher median home value ($300,400 vs $274,100 in Sevier County).

Population, income & housing

	Sanpete County	Sevier County
Population	29,209	21,854
Median age	33.8 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,459	$73,765
Median home value	$300,400	$274,100
Median gross rent	$911	$878
Housing units	10,442	8,705
Homeownership rate	76.5%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sanpete County	Sevier County
Population	29,850 → 29,209 (-2.1%)	21,280 → 21,854 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$53,838 → $67,459 (+25.3%)	$54,799 → $73,765 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$189,000 → $300,400 (+58.9%)	$164,800 → $274,100 (+66.3%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $911 (+25.0%)	$703 → $878 (+24.9%)

Sanpete County

Population

29,85029,209

Median household income

$53,838$67,459

Median home value

$189,000$300,400

Median gross rent

$729$911

Sevier County

Population

21,28021,854

Median household income

$54,799$73,765

Median home value

$164,800$274,100

Median gross rent

$703$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sanpete County	Sevier County
Under 5	6.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	21.9%
18 to 24	14.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.1%
75 and over	5.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sanpete County	Sevier County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sanpete County	Sevier County
No high school diploma	9.3%	7.3%
High school graduate	31.3%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sanpete County	Sevier County
Drove alone	70.5%	78.1%
Carpooled	13.3%	9.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.2%
Walked	5.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.6%	9.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sanpete County	Sevier County
1-unit, detached	86.1%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Sanpete County	Sevier County
Poverty rate	15.3%	10.5%
Average household size	3.03	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1985	1978