Cache County, Utah

Cache County has a population of 140,046 and has grown 8.9% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $444,400, about 5.4 times the county's median household income of $81,665.

Home price
$444,400
Income
$81,665
Population
140,046
Unemployment
2.6%

Housing

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

Median home price$444,400county
Median gross rent$1,213county
Median year homes here were built1992county
Share of homes built before 198037.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile2.0%county
Share of homes that are vacant4.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented36.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.3%county
Typical monthly rent$1,463county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,241county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$946county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,726county
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$81,665county
Family health premium / yr$23,583(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,094(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.307(statewide)
Poverty rate12.0%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 home14.0%county
Unemployment rate2.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force70.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.6%county
Share of workers employed by government17.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.6%county
Economic output per resident$64,895county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.45%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 time17.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service39 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport15582county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.3 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 station68 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.1%county
Traffic deaths25.7county
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 higher42.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.5%county
Public schools in the county43county
Public school enrollment28291county
Students per full-time teacher22.3county
Free lunch eligible30.9%county
Elementary schools28county
Middle schools4county
High schools7county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public200.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians42county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here5county
Fine particulate matter9.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year12.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year6.6%county
Frequent mental distress20.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity18.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes7.9%county

Place

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

Population140,046county
Land area in square miles1,165county
People per square mile of land120.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores17county
Convenience stores3county
Share living far from a food store36.9%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract6.3%county
Population change since 2020+8.9%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents9county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age26.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1829.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over10.0%county
Share of households that are one person15.3%county
Share of residents born outside the United States6.3%county
Second languages12.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls82.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents201county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-8county
Households that moved in3,893county
Households that moved away4,106county
Average income of arriving households$48,315county
Average income of departing households$52,946county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes24county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,112county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings23.6%county
Violent crime rate230(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature47.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation26.2 incounty
Annual snowfall38.6 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.59 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F2 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing142 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days124 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 25county
Average first fall frostSep 26county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$80county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh12.7¢county
Household electricity use630 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$11.27(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity12.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas80.9%county
Homes heated by propane4.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.3%county
Homes heated by wood0.3%county
Households with broadband93.0%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk45.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk58.0county
Landslide risk84.5county
Hail risk16.1county
Earthquake risk94.6county
Tornado risk21.2county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk56.2county
Winter weather risk93.3county
Strong wind risk24.3county
Wildfire risk85.3county

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 teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Cache 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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