Brigham City, UT

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2024 Population
19,992
US Senator
Mike Lee
Republican Party
US Senator
John Curtis
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
34.1
2.1% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
11.2%
7.77% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$71,308
7.33% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$369,300
14.9% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
9,025
1.87% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Brigham City, UT reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

97.6% of the residents in Brigham City, UT are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Brigham City, UT are Beaux Cheveux Academy Of Cosmetology (1 degrees awarded in 2017).

In 2024, the median property value in Brigham City, UT was $369,300, and the homeownership rate was 66.2%.

Most people in Brigham City, UT drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 20.2 minutes. The average car ownership in Brigham City, UT was 2 cars per household.

Population & Diversity

Brigham City, UT is home to a population of 20k people, from which 97.6% are citizens. As of 2024, 4.23% of Brigham City, UT residents were born outside of the country (845 people).

In 2024, there were 13.4 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (16k people) in Brigham City, UT than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.19k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 750 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

97.6%
2024 Citizenship
98.2%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 97.6% of Brigham City, UT residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Brigham City, UT was 98.2%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Brigham City, UT
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    16k ± 400
  2. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    1.19k ± 371
  3. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    750 ± 158
12.8%
Hispanic Population
2.55k people

In 2024, there were 13.4 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (16k people) in Brigham City, UT than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.19k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 750 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

12.8% of the people in Brigham City, UT are hispanic (2.55k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Brigham City, UT as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for Utah.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    101,934 ± 7,718 people
  2. Venezuela
    11,533 ± 2,632 people
  3. India
    9,236 ± 2,356 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Utah was Mexico, the natal country of 101,934 Utah residents, followed by Venezuela with 11,533 and India with 9,236.

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Foreign-Born Population

4.23%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
845 people
3.01%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
596 people

As of 2024, 4.23% of Brigham City, UT residents (845 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Brigham City, UT was 3.01%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    175 ± 73
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    105 ± 62
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    100 ± 70

Brigham City, UT has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.67 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Brigham City, UT employs 9.03k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Brigham City, UT were Manufacturing (1,896 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (1,083 people), and Retail Trade (995 people), and the highest paying industries were Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($95,556), Information ($81,875), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($78,203).

Occupations

9.03k
2024 Value
± 640
1.87%
1 Year growth
± 9.75%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Brigham City, UT grew at a rate of 1.87%, from 8.86k employees to 9.03k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Brigham City, UT, are Management Occupations (1,029 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,002 people), and Production Occupations (903 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Brigham City, UT.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Employment by Industries

9.03k
2024 Value
± 640
1.87%
1 Year growth
± 9.75%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Brigham City, UT grew at a rate of 1.87%, from 8.86k employees to 9.03k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Brigham City, UT, are Manufacturing (1,896 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (1,083 people), and Retail Trade (995 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Brigham City, UT, though some of these residents may live in Brigham City, UT and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$51,465
Median earning men ± $2,426
$29,300
Median earning women ± $5,524

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Information ($115,529), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($95,139), and Public Administration ($84,464).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($45,370), Manufacturing ($43,250), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($36,250).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.78%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.7M people employed in Utah. This represents a 2.78% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 7.69%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Utah.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Utah went to Donald J. Trump with 59.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (37.8%), followed by Chase Oliver (1.14%).

Mike Lee and John Curtis are the senators currently representing the state of Utah. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Utah is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

US Senators from Utah

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Mike Lee
Senator from Utah3
Assumed office on January 3, 2011
John Curtis
Senator from Utah1
Assumed office on January 3, 2025

Mike Lee and John Curtis are the senators currently representing Utah.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Utah over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Education

In 2017, universities in Brigham City, UT awarded 1 degrees. The student population of Brigham City, UT in N/A is skewed towards N/A, with N/A male students and N/A female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Brigham City, UT are White (1 and 100%).

The largest universities in Brigham City, UT by number of degrees awarded are Beaux Cheveux Academy Of Cosmetology (1 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Brigham City, UT are Other Cosmetology & Related Personal Grooming Arts (1 and 100%) and Barbering (0 and 0%).

Concentrations

In 2017, the most common concentation for 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Brigham City, UT was Other Cosmetology & Related Personal Grooming Arts with 1 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate from schools in Brigham City, UT according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
1 degrees awarded

In 2017, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Beaux Cheveux Academy Of Cosmetology with 1 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2017, 0 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Brigham City, UT, which is 0 times less than the 1 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2017, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 1 degrees mean that there were InfinityM times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, American Indian or Alaska Native, with 0 degrees awarded.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Brigham City, UT was $369,300 in 2024, which is 1.11 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $321,500 to $369,300, a 14.9% increase. The homeownership rate in Brigham City, UT is 66.2%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Brigham City, UT have an average commute time of 20.2 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Brigham City, UT is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Property

$369,300
Median Property Value 2024
±$14,078
$4,525
Median Property Taxes
±$395

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 Brigham City, UT the largest share of households pay taxes in the $1,500 - $2k range.

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

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Rent vs Own

66.2%
Homeownership
2024
71.1%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 66.2% of the housing units in Brigham City, UT were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 65.3%.

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$71,308
Median Household Income
± $7,644
6.84k
Number of Households
± 522

In 2024, the median household income of the 6.84k households in Brigham City, UT grew to $71,308 from the previous year's value of $66,435.

The following chart displays the households in Brigham City, 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.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Brigham City, UT is from Utah.
0.475
2023 Wage GINI in Utah
0.478
2022 Wage GINI in Utah

In 2023, the income inequality in Utah was 0.475 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.584% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Utah was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Utah in comparison to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (75.5%)
  2. Worked At Home (10.7%)
  3. Carpooled (8.73%)

In 2024, 75.5% of workers in Brigham City, UT drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (10.7%) and those who carpooled to work (8.73%).

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.

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Commute Time

20.2 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Brigham City, UT have a shorter commute time (20.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.09% of the workforce in Brigham City, UT have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Brigham City, UT distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Brigham City, UT have 2 cars.

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Poverty & Diversity

11.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Brigham City, UT (2.21k out of 19.7k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 35 - 44, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Brigham City, UT is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

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.

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Health

91.9% of the population of Brigham City, UT has health coverage, with 57.3% on employee plans, 10.1% on Medicaid, 11.3% on Medicare, 12.1% on non-group plans, and 1.24% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Utah see 1,785 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,785 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1441 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 248 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.2% were men and 50.8% were women.

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 30% under 18 years, 21.7% between 18 and 34 years, 33.7% between 35 and 64 years, and 14.6% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.2% were men and 50.8% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

8.07%
Uninsured
57.3%
Employer Coverage
10.1%
Medicaid
11.3%
Medicare
12.1%
Non-Group
1.24%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Brigham City, UT grew by 3.68% from 7.78% to 8.07%.

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