Uintah County vs Wasatch County

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

Uintah 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.

Uintah County has the higher population (36,458 vs 35,808 in Wasatch County). Wasatch County has the higher median household income ($115,146 vs $69,861 in Uintah County). Wasatch County has the higher median home value ($724,400 vs $270,200 in Uintah County).

Population, income & housing

	Uintah County	Wasatch County
Population	36,458	35,808
Median age	33.0 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,861	$115,146
Median home value	$270,200	$724,400
Median gross rent	$914	$1,905
Housing units	13,775	15,446
Homeownership rate	72.0%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Uintah County	Wasatch County
Population	36,084 → 36,458 (+1.0%)	31,708 → 35,808 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$65,264 → $69,861 (+7.0%)	$85,166 → $115,146 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$197,000 → $270,200 (+37.2%)	$419,900 → $724,400 (+72.5%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $914 (+12.7%)	$1,364 → $1,905 (+39.7%)

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

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)

	Uintah County	Wasatch County
Under 5	7.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	24.3%	23.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.8%
75 and over	4.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Uintah County	Wasatch County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Uintah County	Wasatch County
No high school diploma	10.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	36.3%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Uintah County	Wasatch County
Drove alone	75.6%	67.8%
Carpooled	13.0%	11.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	2.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.5%	18.1%
Other means	1.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Uintah County	Wasatch County
1-unit, detached	70.5%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	5.6%
20 or more units	3.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Uintah County	Wasatch County
Poverty rate	11.1%	5.1%
Average household size	3.02	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1988	2003