Official Federal Data
Utah County, Utah
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT · Population 705,400
10 Sources
Updated August 12, 2026
$100,671 up from the baseline named below
Median Income (nominal) vs 2019
$80,734 national
3.6% up from the baseline named below
Unemployment vs 2024
4.3% national
$47.9B up from the baseline named below
GDP real, vs 2023
44.4% up from the baseline named below
Bachelor's+ vs 2019
35.7% national
Demographics & Population
Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 · 5-Year Estimates
Household Income
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median Household (nominal)
$100,671 up from 2019 vs 2019
Per Capita
$37,082 up from 2019 vs 2019
Mean Household
$127,591 up from 2019 vs 2019
Median Household (cost-of-living adjusted)
$102,516 metro RPP 98.2
Poverty Rate
8.7% down from 2019 vs 2019
Median Income Comparison
Utah County$100,671
Utah$95,166
National$80,734
Cost-of-living adjustment uses the BEA all-items regional price parity for Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT, 98.2 against a national average of 100 (2024). BEA publishes regional price parity at state and metropolitan level only; there is no county figure, so the metro index stands in for Utah County and the adjusted median is an approximation. Per capita and mean household income above are nominal and carry no adjustment.
Population Profile
Source: Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 · Table B01001, B02001, B03003
CohortsShare of total population
Under 18 · 31.6%
18-34 · 32.1%
35-54 · 21.7%
55-64 · 6.7%
65+ · 7.9%
Race & Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnic category and overlaps with the race categories above.
Educational Attainment
Source: Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 · Table B15003 · Population 25+
95.1%
High School+
National: 89.6%
up from national +5.5 pts vs national
44.4%
Bachelor's+
National: 35.7%
up from national +8.7 pts vs national
13.7%
Graduate+
National: 14.1%
down from national 0.4 pts vs national
Employment Overview
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
705,400
Population
364,589
Labor Force
Employed
350,102
Unemployment Rate BLS LAUS 2025 annual
3.6% up from 2024 +0.2 pts vs 2024
Mean Commute 4 min below national avg
22.6 min
Work From Home vs 15.1% national
19%
Labor Force and Employed are ACS 5-Year survey estimates; the Unemployment Rate above comes from BLS LAUS, a separate monthly survey with its own methodology. The two won't reconcile by subtracting one from the other.
Key Takeaways
- Income premium: Households earn well above the national median, supporting strong retail and housing markets.
- Talent advantage: Bachelor's-or-higher attainment exceeds the national average by 8.7 pts, supports knowledge-economy and tech attraction.
- Young population: Median age of 26 is materially below the U.S. norm, a workforce pipeline asset.
Economy & Industry
Bureau of Labor Statistics QCEW · Bureau of Economic Analysis
$47.9B up from 2023 +7% vs 2023
Gross Domestic Product · 2024
+7% real (inflation-adjusted)
·
+9.3% nominal
· 2023 to 2024
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis · level and nominal change from CAGDP2 (current dollars); real change from CAGDP9 (chained 2017 dollars), both all-industry total. The two series agree in 2017, the chain reference year, and diverge by the amount of price change since.
98.2
Cost of Living · metro · Below Avg
Key Takeaways
- Largest private-sector industry: Health Care and Social Assistance employs 38,035 workers (16.7% of tracked sectors), at an average wage of $50,663. Every industry figure on this page is private sector; government employs a further 34,281 and is counted separately.
- Economic scale: Regional GDP of $47.9B (2024).
- Wage stratification: Information averages $135,649 while Accommodation and Food Services averages $21,331, a 6.4x spread in the same local economy, with implications for workforce development and talent strategy.
Source: BLS QCEW + BEA Regional GDP.
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Industry Concentration
Location Quotient measures regional specialization vs. national average. LQ > 1.0 = concentrated.
Cluster Depth
Source: BLS QCEW · Sub-sectors with LQ ≥ 1.5 indicate genuine cluster concentration
Concentrated Sub-Sectors
11 sub-sectors at LQ ≥ 1.5
Largest grouping among them is Construction Cluster at 43.5% of the employment across all of them, which signals supply-chain fit for site selectors
63,330
Employment in the sub-sectors listed
5.05x
Peak sub-sector LQ
Sub-Sector Detail, Highest 10 By LQ
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets
5.05x 221
Publishing Industries and Telecommunications
3.87x 6,859
Computing Infrastructure Providers and Data Processing
3.29x 3,130
Specialty Trade Contractors
2.22x 22,514
Educational Services
2.22x 14,024
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Misc. Retailers
2.20x 6,509
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
2.08x 1,707
Printing and Related Support Activities
1.95x 1,368
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing
1.66x 1,120
Construction of Buildings
1.62x 5,878
+ 1 more sub-sector at LQ ≥ 1.5, holding a further 1,900 jobs not counted in the total above. See the spider chart for the broader picture.
Attraction Opportunities
LQ < 0.5 with ≥ 50 employed, screened against local siting constraints. Source: BLS QCEW
0.17x
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
604 employed
0.17x
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
178 employed
0.25x
Air Transportation
276 employed
0.28x
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
268 employed
0.30x
Electrical Equipment, Appliance Manufacturing
250 employed
0.30x
Warehousing and Storage
1,106 employed
0.41x
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing
272 employed
Screened on industrial power cost, rail-truck intermodal access, land base.
Industrial electricity in Utah costs 8.43¢/kWh against 8.62¢/kWh nationally (2025).
Utah has 1 rail-truck intermodal terminal, the nearest 47 miles from the county.
Land area 2004 sq mi, larger than 91% of US counties.
Sources: EIA, BTS NTAD, Census Gazetteer.
Key Takeaways
- Top specialization: Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets concentrates at 5.05x the national norm, top-decile concentration, the kind of signature sector that defines a region's economic identity to site selectors.
- Cluster depth: 11 sub-sectors register LQ ≥ 1.5, and no single source of demand accounts for more than 43.5% of the employment across them, the largest being construction and real estate cycle. Demand reaches this base from more than one market rather than from a single one.
- Attraction whitespace: 7 sub-sectors register LQ < 0.5 with at least 50 employed, candidates for diversification or recruitment depending on labor-market fit.
Source: BLS QCEW sub-sector Location Quotients.
Housing & Affordability
Census ACS · HUD Fair Market Rents FY2026
Housing Overview
Source: Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates · Tables B25001, B25077, B25064, B25004
$538,700 up from the baseline named below
Median Home Value vs 2019
$1,541 up from the baseline named below
Rent/Mo vs 2019
68.3% up from the baseline named below
Owner-Occ vs 2019
3.8% down from the baseline named below
Vacancy vs 2019
1.3% available
for rent or sale
for rent or sale
5.4x
Home Value to Income Ratio - Stretched
vs. ~4.1x national average
HUD Fair Market Rents
HUD publishes these by FMR area, which may cover more than one county · Source: HUD · Fair Market Rents FY2026 · Affordability threshold and renter cost burden from Census ACS B25119, B25070
Studio
$1,257/mo
1 Bedroom
$1,265/mo
2 Bedroom
$1,460/mo
3 Bedroom
$2,031/mo
4 Bedroom
$2,449/mo
30% of monthly median renter household income (~$1,583/mo, from a renter median of $63,311) · rents above this line are typically considered cost-burdened.
Measured: 43.1% of renter households already pay 30% or more of income on rent, and 19.8% pay 50% or more.
Key Takeaways
- Stretched market: Home value to income ratio of 5.4x is well above the ~4.1x national average; attainable workforce housing may be a recruitment friction.
- Affordable rent tiers: 3 of 5 HUD Fair Market Rent bedroom sizes sit below what a household on the median renter income of $63,311 can pay without cost burden (~$1,583/mo), and 43.1% of renter households are measured as cost-burdened.
Source: Census ACS housing tables + HUD Fair Market Rents.
Workforce Pipeline
Labor force readiness, commuting, and workforce composition
Labor Market Overview
Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 · Tables B01001, B23001, B23025, B08303, B08301
426,726 up from the baseline named below
Working Age (18-64) vs 2019
Mean Commute 4 min below national avg
22.6 min
Work From Home vs 15.1% national
19%
Prime-Age Employed (25-54)
79.8%
of prime-age population
Prime-age rate numerator is civilian employed (B23001); the denominator is total population aged 25-54 (B01001), which also includes armed forces.
of population age 16 and over (508,011)
up from 2019 vs 2019
Education & Talent Pipeline
Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 · Table B15003 · College Scorecard
Bachelor's+
44.4% up from 2019 vs 2019
HS Diploma+
95.1% up from 2019 vs 2019
Institutions in Utah County
Largest 6 of 10 by credentials awarded, in Utah County
Credentials awarded in Utah County
24,158/yr
15,351/yr
7,920/yr
438/yr
176/yr
154/yr
119/yr
Aging Workforce
Source: Census Bureau ACS · Derived from age & employment tables
11%
55-64 of working-age population (18-64)
Same cohort is 6.7% of total population, the basis used in the Demographics cohort chart.
Workforce by Occupation
Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 · Table C24010 · Civilian employed population 16+
Management / Professional
46%
Service
14.7%
Sales & Office
21.2%
Construction / Maint.
8%
Production / Transport
10.2%
Bars are drawn on a 0% to 60% axis, so bar length is proportional to actual share. Labels give each group's share of 350,102 employed workers.
Key Takeaways
- Healthy participation: 71.8% labor force participation reflects a steady, available local workforce.
- Talent pipeline: the 6 largest of 10 institutions in Utah County award 24,158 credentials a year. Employers drawing from a wider labor shed should read this alongside institutions outside the county, which this page does not aggregate.
Source: ACS workforce data and College Scorecard.
AI Insights
Sample output. Pulse AI analysis draws on 10 federal data sources.
Sample AI Insight
Utah County shows strong potential for lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets attraction, with a 5.05x concentration and 221 jobs in this sub-sector. It ranks in the top decile nationally.
The concentrated base spans lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets, publishing industries and telecommunications, and computing infrastructure providers and data processing, and no single source of demand accounts for more than 43.5% of the employment across them, the largest being construction and real estate cycle. Supply-chain recruitment has more than one demand base to work from.
Industry Shift Analysis
Manufacturing Automation Risk
High
Healthcare Growth Forecast
+4.2% CAGR
Remote Work Migration
67/100
Prospect Match Scores
Advanced Manufacturing
92/100
Life Sciences
84/100
Data Centers
71/100
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Data Sources
Updated from official federal government data.
Census ACS 5-Year2024
BLS QCEW2024 annual
BLS LAUS (via FRED)2025 annual
BEA Regional GDP2024
BEA Regional Price Parity2024
Census CBP2023
HUD Fair Market RentsFY2026
FCC Broadband Map2024
USAspending.govFY2026
College ScorecardAY 2022-23
American Community Survey figures on this page are 2020-2024 five-year averages rather than single-year counts. A five-year estimate pools 60 months of survey responses, so each value describes the period as a whole.
Frequently Asked Questions
Key economic and demographic figures for Utah County, Utah, from federal data sources.
What is the population of Utah County, Utah?
705,400 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates).
What is the median household income in Utah County, Utah?
$100,671 in nominal dollars (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates). Adjusted for local prices using the BEA all-items regional price parity for Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT (98.2 against a national average of 100), that is $102,516 at national average prices. BEA publishes regional price parity at metro level; there is no county-level figure.
What is the unemployment rate in Utah County, Utah?
3.6% (2025 annual average, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, LAUS).
What is the GDP of Utah County, Utah?
$47.9B (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAGDP2).
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