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SheetUT-CASTLE-DALE-UT · Castle Dale, UT 1,463 pop · income 49th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Castle Dale
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Castle Dale on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
East Carbon · lowest
40,114
East Carbon · lowest
40,114 median HH income
21.7% of the leader · rank #1
Castle Dale · this city
69,821
Castle Dale · this city
69,821 median HH income
37.8% of the leader · rank #2
Garrettsville · near
69,821
Garrettsville · near
69,821 median HH income
37.8% of the leader · rank #3
Suffield · near
69,821
Suffield · near
69,821 median HH income
37.8% of the leader · rank #4
Fairchild AFB · near
69,825
Fairchild AFB · near
69,825 median HH income
37.8% of the leader · rank #5
Charlottesvil… · near
69,829
Charlottesvil… · near
69,829 median HH income
37.8% of the leader · rank #6
Emigration Ca… · highest
184,722
Emigration Ca… · highest
184,722 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Castle Dale on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,463.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Castle Dale lands in the 49th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
49th
percentile, household income
35th
percentile, home value
60th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Castle Dale, UT
Utah's Castle Dale is a small town, with 1,463 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Castle Dale brings in $69,821 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.4%. Typical homes in Castle Dale are valued around $174,700, and the median resident age is 38.1 years. 32.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 49.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 0 residential building permits were authorized in Castle Dale (No Permits), down 100% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 48.9°F with 8.0 inches of precipitation per year and 16.6 inches of snowfall.
Utah tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Utah scores 98.9 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,313 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Utah's average monthly utility costs around $178 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 36.2 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Castle Dale's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to housing and income to schools and households to climate and hazard context to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Castle Dale, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Is Castle Dale growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +51 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +3.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
How far does income reach against housing in Castle Dale?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the education layer cover for Castle Dale?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 32.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Which cities make useful reference points for Castle Dale?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Utah, the closest population matches are Emigration Canyon metro township (1,465 residents, $184,722 income); Uintah (1,461 residents, $101,417 income); East Carbon (1,476 residents, $40,114 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Saticoy, CA (1,463 residents); Granville, IL (1,463 residents); Wathena, KS (1,463 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Climate and hazard context
What physical conditions frame life in Castle Dale?
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 48.9°F, with 8.0 inches of precipitation and 16.6 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Utah is 36.2 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
FEMA risk index (state avg)
36.2
Annual precipitation
8.0 in
Mean temperature
48.9°F
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
What does the journey to work look like in Castle Dale?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 89.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Drive alone
89.8%
Work from home
4.8%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 518 workers age 16+.
Below median income · poverty 5.4% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
98.9 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Utah average
C-
City profile score · Castle Dale, UT
54/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate C+
5.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C+
32.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income D
$69,821
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living D
98.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Castle Dale profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 63/100 (C+) · 5.4%
Bachelor's+ share: 62/100 (C+) · 32.3%
Household income: 49/100 (D) · $69,821
Cost of living: 44/100 (D) · 98.9 index
How does Castle Dale compare to other US cities?
Where Castle Dale sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income49% higher than other cities
Home value35% pricier than other cities
Median rent60% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Castle Dale against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Utah only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Utah-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Castle Dale near the bottom of Utah's cities
Among the 310 Utah cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Castle Dale ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Castle Dale only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#222 of 293
24th percentile in Utah
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 310
0th percentile in Utah
Median Home Value
#286 of 301
5th percentile in Utah
Poverty Rate
#116 of 310
61st percentile in Utah
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#133 of 310
56th percentile in Utah
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Utah only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
49th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Castle Dale's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$174,700Among the most affordablemore affordable than 65% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Castle Dale's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,000 of 15,516
More affordable than 74% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,604 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.5×, Castle Dale sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,000 of 15,516 and #3,604 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$69,821Castle Dale, UT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Castle Dale, UT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Castle Dale, UT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)32.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)49.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,463
Median Income
$69,821
Median Home Value
$174,700
Median Age
38.1
Poverty Rate
5.4%
Labor force participation
49.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
32.3%
Climate
Avg Temperature
48.9°F
Annual Precipitation
8.0"
Annual Snowfall
16.6"
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Castle Dale's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,496 residents
2021
1,514 residents
2022
1,533 residents
2023
1,541 residents
2024
1,541 residents
2025
1,547 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
2
2
0
$0.4M
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
0
0
0
-
Permit volume decreased 100% from 2019 to 2021.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
89.8%
Carpool
3.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
4.8%
Other
1.9%
Based on 518 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Utah statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $178
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Utah at $178 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Utah statewide averages, not a meter reading for Castle Dale. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Utah's BEA cost-of-living index is 98.9 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Castle Dale is $1,313/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Utah statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 36.2 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Utah statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Castle Dale sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Castle Dale compares to similar-size Utah cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.