Sevier County vs Wasatch County

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

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

Wasatch County has the higher population (35,808 vs 21,854 in Sevier County). Wasatch County has the higher median household income ($115,146 vs $73,765 in Sevier County). Wasatch County has the higher median home value ($724,400 vs $274,100 in Sevier County).

Population, income & housing

	Sevier County	Wasatch County
Population	21,854	35,808
Median age	36.7 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,765	$115,146
Median home value	$274,100	$724,400
Median gross rent	$878	$1,905
Housing units	8,705	15,446
Homeownership rate	79.9%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sevier County	Wasatch County
Population	21,280 → 21,854 (+2.7%)	31,708 → 35,808 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$54,799 → $73,765 (+34.6%)	$85,166 → $115,146 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$164,800 → $274,100 (+66.3%)	$419,900 → $724,400 (+72.5%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $878 (+24.9%)	$1,364 → $1,905 (+39.7%)

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

Wasatch County

Population

31,70835,808

Median household income

$85,166$115,146

Median home value

$419,900$724,400

Median gross rent

$1,364$1,905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sevier County	Wasatch County
Under 5	6.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.9%	23.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.8%
75 and over	6.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sevier County	Wasatch County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sevier County	Wasatch County
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.4%
High school graduate	31.2%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sevier County	Wasatch County
Drove alone	78.1%	67.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	11.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.5%	18.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sevier County	Wasatch County
1-unit, detached	79.6%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	5.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Sevier County	Wasatch County
Poverty rate	10.5%	5.1%
Average household size	2.91	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1978	2003