Daggett County, Utah

• Income gap: Households earn meaningfully less than the national median, which directly affects retail demand, housing absorption, and tax base.
• Below the state median: Median household income runs $29,166 (30.6%) under the Utah median, so statewide income averages overstate local household buying power.
• Talent gap: Bachelor's-or-higher attainment trails the national average by 18.1 pts, relevant for advanced-services attraction strategy.
• Aging population: Median age of 46 is materially above the U.S. norm; succession planning and senior-services demand are real factors.

• Largest private-sector industry: Accommodation and Food Services employs 109 workers (80.1% of tracked sectors), at an average wage of $23,867. Every industry figure on this page is private sector; government employs a further 181 and is counted separately.
• Economic scale: Regional GDP of $146M (2024).

• Top specialization: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries concentrates at 8.43x the national norm, top-decile concentration, the kind of signature sector that defines a region's economic identity to site selectors.

• In line with national: Home value to income ratio of 4.3x sits near the ~4.1x national average; affordability is neither a clear advantage nor a recruitment friction.
• High home ownership: 82.3% owner-occupied; rental supply may be tight for incoming workers.
• Elevated vacancy: 75.2% of housing units are vacant, above the Utah rate of 8.1%, and down from 87.2% in 2019.
• Mostly second homes: seasonal, recreational and occasional-use units are 98.4% of vacant units, so the headline rate is not available supply.
• Genuinely available supply: units listed for rent or for sale are 1.1% of the vacant stock, or 0.8% of all housing units against the 75.2% headline vacancy rate. Absorbable supply for an incoming employer is thin, and the gap between the two is the redevelopment and conversion opportunity.
• Affordable rent tiers: 3 of 5 HUD Fair Market Rent bedroom sizes sit below what a household on the median renter income of $49,375 can pay without cost burden (~$1,234/mo), and 25.5% of renter households are measured as cost-burdened.

• Succession risk is real: 30% of working-age residents are 55-64. Plan for retirements over the next decade and pair attraction strategy with talent retention.
• Low participation: 50.8% labor force participation against a labor force that grew 4.5% between 2019 and 2024, so workforce development programs may unlock additional supply.
• Talent pipeline: no college, university, or technical school is located in Daggett County per the IPEDS institutional directory, so any training pipeline serving it runs through institutions outside the county.

Daggett County shows strong potential for amusement, gambling, and recreation industries attraction, with a 8.43x concentration and 27 jobs in this sub-sector. It ranks in the top decile nationally. Near-term succession risk is elevated, with 30% of the working-age population within 10 years of retirement age.