Box Elder County, Utah

Box Elder County has a population of 61,246 and has grown 13.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $403,600, about 4.8 times the county's median household income of $84,550.

Home price
$403,600
Income
$84,550
Population
61,246
Unemployment
3.2%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$403,600county
Median gross rent$1,116county
Median year homes here were built1983county
Share of homes built before 198047.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile3.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,251county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,118county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$983county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,555county
Home insurance / yr$1,814(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living102.2(statewide)
Median household income$84,550county
Family health premium / yr$23,583(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,094(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.307(statewide)
Poverty rate8.4%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home11.5%county
Unemployment rate3.2%county
Share of adults in the labor force65.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.5%county
Share of workers employed by government16.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.6%county
Economic output per resident$58,016county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.49%county
Top state income tax4.45%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.45%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.42%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time22.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service28 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport15582county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.2 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station58 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.0%county
Traffic deaths53.9county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0001.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher26.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher92.4%county
Public schools in the county23county
Public school enrollment12997county
Students per full-time teacher21.3county
Free lunch eligible32.0%county
Elementary schools14county
Middle schools3county
High schools5county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution18 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians29county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4(statewide)
Fine particulate matter7.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year12.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year6.9%county
Frequent mental distress17.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity19.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.5%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population61,246county
Land area in square miles5,781county
People per square mile of land10.6county
Supermarkets and grocery stores5county
Convenience stores3county
Share living far from a food store8.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+13.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents6county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age33.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1830.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over13.0%county
Share of households that are one person19.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.5%county
Second languages7.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls90.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents246county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents14county
Households that moved in1,691county
Households that moved away1,450county
Average income of arriving households$63,799county
Average income of departing households$54,227county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes22county
Housing units authorised in the latest year456county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings19.1%county
Violent crime rate230(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature51.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation10.1 incounty
Annual snowfall15.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.71 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F37 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing118 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days141 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 16county
Average first fall frostOct 4county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$102county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh11.3¢county
Household electricity use926 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$11.27(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity10.5%county
Homes heated by utility gas79.9%county
Homes heated by propane5.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood1.2%county
Households with broadband93.6%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk19.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk60.6county
Landslide risk46.9county
Hail risk7.8county
Earthquake risk93.3county
Tornado risk12.6county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk43.8county
Winter weather risk72.7county
Strong wind risk66.5county
Wildfire risk95.4county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Box Elder County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Utah figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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