Aneth, UT

Census Place

2024 Population

257

US Senator

Mike Lee

Republican Party

US Senator

John Curtis

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

54.4

39.1% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

17.9%

35.6% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$62,917

11.2% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$61,700

Economy

The economy of Aneth, UT employs 90 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Aneth, UT were Health Care & Social Assistance (23 people), Educational Services (18 people), and Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction (15 people), and the highest paying industries were Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($81,750), Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($81,750), and Educational Services ($55,625).

Employment

Occupations

2024 Value

± 87

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Aneth, UT stayed at a rate of 0%, from 90 employees to 90 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Aneth, UT, are Transportation Occupations (18 people), Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (15 people), and Management Occupations (15 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Aneth, UT.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Utah.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Utah (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

2024 Value

± 87

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Aneth, UT stayed at a rate of 0%, from 90 employees to 90 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Aneth, UT, are Health Care & Social Assistance (23 people), Educational Services (18 people), and Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction (15 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Aneth, UT, though some of these residents may live in Aneth, UT and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$78,333

Median earning men ± $23,728

$32,500

Median earning women ± $21,060

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($81,750).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($21,875).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Aneth, UT was $61,700 in 2024, which is 0.185 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $92,100 to $61,700, a 33% decrease. The homeownership rate in Aneth, UT is 83.8%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Aneth, UT have an average commute time of 19.9 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Aneth, UT is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$61,700

Median Property Value 2024

±$25,666

$83

Median Property Taxes

±$51

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Aneth, UT the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Aneth, UT compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$62,917

Median Household Income

± $35,347

Number of Households

± 42

In 2024, the median household income of the 99 households in Aneth, UT grew to $62,917 from the previous year's value of $56,563.

The following chart displays the households in Aneth, UT distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Aneth, UT is from Utah.

0.472

2024 Wage GINI in Utah

0.475

2023 Wage GINI in Utah

In 2024, the income inequality in Utah was 0.472 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.723% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Utah was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Utah in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Utah across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (46.7%)
Worked At Home (36.7%)
Carpooled (12.2%)

In 2024, 46.7% of workers in Aneth, UT drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (36.7%) and those who carpooled to work (12.2%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

19.9 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Aneth, UT have a shorter commute time (19.9 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Aneth, UT have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Aneth, UT compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

1 car

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Aneth, UT distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Aneth, UT have 1 car.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

17.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Aneth, UT (46 out of 257 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Females < 5.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Aneth, UT is Native American, followed by White and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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