Emery County, Utah

• White (non-Hispanic) 8,926 88.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 752 7.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 273 2.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 75 0.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 12 0.1%

• Under 18 2,805 27.9%
• 18–24 800 8.0%
• 25–44 2,316 23.1%
• 45–64 2,255 22.4%
• 65 and over 1,870 18.6%

Median household income

$74,314

90% interval $66,374–$82,254

−$22,084 vs UT · 18th of 29

Below poverty line

11.8%

90% interval 9.4%–14.2%

+3.4 pp vs UT · 7th of 29

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+1.03 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.5B

0.49% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,000

Establishments

278

• Trade, transportation & utilities 958 26.4%
• Education & health services 658 18.1%
• Public administration 256 7.1%
• Professional & business services 165 4.5%
• Construction 14 0.4%
• Information 6 0.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 6 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 56.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.1%

+9.9 pp vs UT · 13th of 29

Median gross rent

$739

−$757 vs UT · 29th of 29

Owner-occupied

2,766

Renter-occupied

687

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 52% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.7× the lowest ($72,177 vs $43,708/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Small-sector pay

  The $67,541 average in Construction is BLS's published figure for 14 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read.

• Republican 4,341 86.6%
• Democratic 603 12.0%
• Other / third-party 67 1.3%

• Spanish 345 3.7%
• German or other West Germanic 22 0.2%
• Chinese 3 0.0%

Households

3,453

Family households

2,563

74.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

736

28.7% of families

Single-mother families

161

6.3% of families

Veterans

358

5% of civilians 18+

• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,526 56.2%
• Catholic 300 3.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 213 2.2%

Health insured

93.4%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

6.6%

±1.7 pp

22nd of 29

With a disability

18.5%

±1.8 pp

4th of 29

Bachelor's or higher

18.3%

±3.1 pp

−19.4 pp vs UT · 27th of 29

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.4%

90% interval 9.2%–11.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

7th Judicial District Court

Judges

3 (District Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal trial jurisdiction); vintage 2026 utcourts.gov directory + Utah Code § 78A-5-101. UT has ~89 District Court judges statewide. Justice Court judges (limited jurisdiction: Class B/C misdemeanors, small civil under $20K) are separately allocated at the city + county level and not counted here. Juvenile Court judges (companion court with same district boundaries) are also separately allocated.)

Court seats

Castle Dale, Moab, Monticello, Price

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

41.43 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2