Sanpete County vs Summit County

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

Sanpete 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.

Summit County has the higher population (42,709 vs 29,209 in Sanpete County). Summit County has the higher median household income ($137,058 vs $67,459 in Sanpete County). Summit County has the higher median home value ($1,000,400 vs $300,400 in Sanpete County).

Population, income & housing

	Sanpete County	Summit County
Population	29,209	42,709
Median age	33.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,459	$137,058
Median home value	$300,400	$1,000,400
Median gross rent	$911	$1,969
Housing units	10,442	26,206
Homeownership rate	76.5%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sanpete County	Summit County
Population	29,850 → 29,209 (-2.1%)	41,103 → 42,709 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$53,838 → $67,459 (+25.3%)	$102,958 → $137,058 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$189,000 → $300,400 (+58.9%)	$641,900 → $1,000,400 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $911 (+25.0%)	$1,429 → $1,969 (+37.8%)

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

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)

	Sanpete County	Summit County
Under 5	6.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	14.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.0%
75 and over	5.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sanpete County	Summit County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sanpete County	Summit County
No high school diploma	9.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	31.3%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sanpete County	Summit County
Drove alone	70.5%	63.7%
Carpooled	13.3%	6.9%
Public transit	0.8%	2.3%
Walked	5.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.6%	24.2%
Other means	0.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sanpete County	Summit County
1-unit, detached	86.1%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	7.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Sanpete County	Summit County
Poverty rate	15.3%	4.5%
Average household size	3.03	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1985	1995