Official Federal Data
Wasatch County, Utah
Heber, UT · Population 36,642
9 Sources
Updated August 12, 2026
$117,608 up from the baseline named below
Median Income (nominal) vs 2019
$80,734 national
3.1% up from the baseline named below
Unemployment vs 2024
4.3% national
$1.9B up from the baseline named below
GDP real, vs 2023
51.3% 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)
$117,608 up from 2019 vs 2019
Per Capita
$58,251 up from 2019 vs 2019
Mean Household
$167,205 up from 2019 vs 2019
Median Household (cost-of-living adjusted)
$118,916 state RPP 98.9
Poverty Rate
4.7% down from 2019 vs 2019
Median Income Comparison
Wasatch County$117,608
Utah$95,166
National$80,734
Cost-of-living adjustment uses the BEA all-items regional price parity for Utah, 98.9 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 state index stands in for Wasatch 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 · 28.8%
18-34 · 19.4%
35-54 · 26.5%
55-64 · 11.8%
65+ · 13.6%
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+
95.7%
High School+
National: 89.6%
up from national +6.1 pts vs national
51.3%
Bachelor's+
National: 35.7%
up from national +15.6 pts vs national
18.8%
Graduate+
National: 14.1%
up from national +4.7 pts vs national
Employment Overview
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
36,642
Population
19,028
Labor Force
Employed
18,574
Unemployment Rate BLS LAUS 2025 annual
3.1% up from 2024 +0.2 pts vs 2024
Mean Commute 5 min below national avg
21.6 min
Work From Home vs 15.1% national
19.1%
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 15.6 pts, supports knowledge-economy and tech attraction.
Economy & Industry
Bureau of Labor Statistics QCEW · Bureau of Economic Analysis
$1.9B up from 2023 +0.8% vs 2023
Gross Domestic Product · 2024
+0.8% real (inflation-adjusted)
·
+3.5% 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.
98.9
Cost of Living · state · Below Avg
Key Takeaways
- Largest private-sector industry: Construction employs 1,958 workers (21.8% of tracked sectors), at an average wage of $72,358. Every industry figure on this page is private sector; government employs a further 2,064 and is counted separately.
- Economic scale: Regional GDP of $1.9B (2024).
- Wage stratification: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services averages $88,604 while Accommodation and Food Services averages $26,507, a 3.3x 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
12 sub-sectors at LQ ≥ 1.5
Largest grouping among them is Construction Cluster at 48.2% of the employment across all of them, which signals supply-chain fit for site selectors
3,707
Employment in the sub-sectors listed
4.57x
Peak sub-sector LQ
Sub-Sector Detail, Highest 10 By LQ
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
4.57x 396
Construction of Buildings
4.13x 576
Specialty Trade Contractors
2.53x 986
Food Manufacturing
2.29x 306
Accommodation
2.01x 292
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing
1.77x 46
Wood Product Manufacturing
1.76x 55
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Misc. Retailers
1.75x 199
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
1.74x 437
Food and Beverage Retailers
1.70x 414
+ 2 more sub-sectors at LQ ≥ 1.5, holding a further 353 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
0.26x
Management of Companies and Enterprises
52 employed
0.30x
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
59 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 53 miles from the county.
Land area 1177 sq mi, larger than 84% of US counties.
Sources: EIA, BTS NTAD, Census Gazetteer.
Key Takeaways
- Top specialization: Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction concentrates at 4.57x the national norm, strong concentration that anchors the local economy and supports supply-chain attraction strategy.
- Cluster depth: 12 sub-sectors register LQ ≥ 1.5, and no single source of demand accounts for more than 48.2% 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.
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
$787,300 up from the baseline named below
Median Home Value vs 2019
$2,000 up from the baseline named below
Rent/Mo vs 2019
80.3% up from the baseline named below
Owner-Occ vs 2019
20.6% down from the baseline named below
Vacancy vs 2019
1.4% available
for rent or sale
for rent or sale
6.7x
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
$1,277/mo
1 Bedroom
$1,594/mo
2 Bedroom
$1,747/mo
3 Bedroom
$2,430/mo
4 Bedroom
$2,931/mo
30% of monthly median renter household income (~$2,065/mo, from a renter median of $82,614) · rents above this line are typically considered cost-burdened.
Measured: 43.6% of renter households already pay 30% or more of income on rent, and 16.9% pay 50% or more.
Key Takeaways
- Stretched market: Home value to income ratio of 6.7x is well above the ~4.1x national average; attainable workforce housing may be a recruitment friction.
- High home ownership: 80.3% owner-occupied; rental supply may be tight for incoming workers.
- Elevated vacancy: 20.6% of housing units are vacant, above the Utah rate of 8.1%, and down from 25.3% in 2019.
- Mostly second homes: seasonal, recreational and occasional-use units are 87.3% of vacant units, so the headline rate is not available supply.
- Genuinely available supply: units listed for rent or for sale are 6.6% of the vacant stock, or 1.4% of all housing units against the 20.6% 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 $82,614 can pay without cost burden (~$2,065/mo), and 43.6% 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
21,114 up from the baseline named below
Working Age (18-64) vs 2019
Mean Commute 5 min below national avg
21.6 min
Work From Home vs 15.1% national
19.1%
Prime-Age Employed (25-54)
84.1%
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 (27,522)
down from 2019 vs 2019
Education & Talent Pipeline
Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 · Table B15003
Bachelor's+
51.3% up from 2019 vs 2019
HS Diploma+
95.7% up from 2019 vs 2019
Aging Workforce
Source: Census Bureau ACS · Derived from age & employment tables
20.4%
55-64 of working-age population (18-64)
Same cohort is 11.8% of total population, the basis used in the Demographics cohort chart.
Elevated retirement risk, above the 20% threshold. Succession planning recommended.
Workforce by Occupation
Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 · Table C24010 · Civilian employed population 16+
Management / Professional
47.4%
Service
17.2%
Sales & Office
19.2%
Construction / Maint.
9.2%
Production / Transport
7%
Bars are drawn on a 0% to 60% axis, so bar length is proportional to actual share. Labels give each group's share of 18,574 employed workers.
Key Takeaways
- Healthy participation: 69.1% labor force participation reflects a steady, available local workforce.
- Short commutes: 21.6-minute mean commute is a quality-of-life and labor-access advantage worth surfacing for site selectors.
Source: ACS workforce data and College Scorecard.
AI Insights
Sample output. Pulse AI analysis draws on 9 federal data sources.
Sample AI Insight
Wasatch County shows meaningful potential for heavy and civil engineering construction attraction, with a 4.57x concentration and 396 jobs in this sub-sector.
The concentrated base spans heavy and civil engineering construction, construction of buildings, and specialty trade contractors, and no single source of demand accounts for more than 48.2% 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
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 Wasatch County, Utah, from federal data sources.
What is the population of Wasatch County, Utah?
36,642 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates).
What is the median household income in Wasatch County, Utah?
$117,608 in nominal dollars (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates). Adjusted for local prices using the BEA all-items regional price parity for Utah (98.9 against a national average of 100), that is $118,916 at national average prices. BEA publishes regional price parity at state level; there is no county-level figure.
What is the unemployment rate in Wasatch County, Utah?
3.1% (2025 annual average, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, LAUS).
What is the GDP of Wasatch County, Utah?
$1.9B (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAGDP2).
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