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Cedar City, UT

38,524 Population
36.2 square miles 1,063.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.8 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cedar City, UT Micro Area: 30.2 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Utah: 32 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,229 ±$2,293 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Cedar City, UT Micro Area: $30,186 ±$1,433
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Utah: $40,873 ±$264
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,589 ±$4,196 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Cedar City, UT Micro Area: $66,247 ±$4,058
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Utah: $95,166 ±$774
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.9% ±2.9% (7,103  ±1,106) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Cedar City, UT Micro Area: 13.8% † 8,480 (±2% / ±1,194)
  • more than double the rate in Utah: 8.5% 283,680 (±0.2% / ±7,249)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.4 minutes ±1.1 (218,620  ±21,637) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Cedar City, UT Micro Area: 16.9 421,545 (±1 / ±28,189)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Utah: 22.1 30,760,030 (±0.1 / ±237,401)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,480 ±491 Number of households
  • the Cedar City, UT Micro Area: 20,157 ±438
  • Utah: 1,124,822 ±2,819
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.1 (37,410  ±50) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Cedar City, UT Micro Area: 3 61,051 (±0.1 / ±45)
  • about the same as the figure in Utah: 3 3,337,860
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±1.5% (520  ±165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Cedar City, UT Micro Area: 4.8% † 766 (±1.3% / ±203)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Utah: 5.7% 49,801 (±0.2% / ±1,601)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,572 ±370 Number of housing units
  • the Cedar City, UT Micro Area: 23,550 ±37
  • Utah: 1,223,468 ±257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$377,000 ±$14,144 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Cedar City, UT Micro Area: $379,000 ±$10,731
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Utah: $489,400 ±$1,629
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.8% ±2.6% (8,285  ±968.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Cedar City, UT Micro Area: 17.3% † 10,633 (±2.2% / ±1,341.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Utah: 14% 468,118 (±0.3% / ±9,366)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±4.3% (19,202  ±1,049.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cedar City, UT Micro Area: 93.2% 33,205 (±3.6% / ±1,280.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Utah: 93.4% 1,918,440 (±0.5% / ±10,276.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.6% ±2.7% (7,366  ±591.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Cedar City, UT Micro Area: 31.6% 11,273 (±1.9% / ±686.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Utah: 37.7% 774,301 (±0.3% / ±6,106.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.8% ±1% (2,235  ±380) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Cedar City, UT Micro Area: 4.4% 2,705
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Utah: 8.9% 302,552
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±1% (1,476  ±286) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cedar City, UT Micro Area: 5.7% † 2,591 (±0.7% / ±326)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Utah: 4.6% 111,760 (±0.1% / ±2,339)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,476 Total veterans ±286 1,343 Male ±262 133 Female ±79

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