Sanpete County vs Uintah County

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

Sanpete 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.

Uintah County has the higher population (36,458 vs 29,209 in Sanpete County). Uintah County has the higher median household income ($69,861 vs $67,459 in Sanpete County). Sanpete County has the higher median home value ($300,400 vs $270,200 in Uintah County).

Population, income & housing

	Sanpete County	Uintah County
Population	29,209	36,458
Median age	33.8 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,459	$69,861
Median home value	$300,400	$270,200
Median gross rent	$911	$914
Housing units	10,442	13,775
Homeownership rate	76.5%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sanpete County	Uintah County
Population	29,850 → 29,209 (-2.1%)	36,084 → 36,458 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$53,838 → $67,459 (+25.3%)	$65,264 → $69,861 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$189,000 → $300,400 (+58.9%)	$197,000 → $270,200 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $911 (+25.0%)	$811 → $914 (+12.7%)

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

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)

	Sanpete County	Uintah County
Under 5	6.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	24.3%
18 to 24	14.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.6%
75 and over	5.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sanpete County	Uintah County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	5.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sanpete County	Uintah County
No high school diploma	9.3%	10.7%
High school graduate	31.3%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sanpete County	Uintah County
Drove alone	70.5%	75.6%
Carpooled	13.3%	13.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.4%
Walked	5.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.6%	6.5%
Other means	0.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sanpete County	Uintah County
1-unit, detached	86.1%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Sanpete County	Uintah County
Poverty rate	15.3%	11.1%
Average household size	3.03	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1985	1988