City safety & data profile
VernalUT
Vernal, UT is a 11K-resident city in Uintah County with a median household income of $64,457.
Uintah County, Utah. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Vernal, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Vernal has a population larger than 8% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $252,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 11K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 9%
- By size
- $64,457
- Median income (place)
- $252,700
- Median home (place)
- 17.9%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Vernal
Vernal posts a median household income higher than 29% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Vernal area.
- Bottom 30%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Vernal
Where Vernal income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$64,457 Bottom 29% higher than 29% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in UT
Population among 58 UT places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, UT
215,548 residents
- West Valley …
West Valley City, UT
136,208 residents
- Provo
Provo, UT
115,162 residents
- West Jordan
West Jordan, UT
111,946 residents
- Orem
Orem, UT
94,457 residents
- Sandy
Sandy, UT
87,461 residents
- Ogden 85,444
Ogden, UT
85,444 residents
- Layton 74,143
Layton, UT
74,143 residents
- Saint George 72,897
Saint George, UT
72,897 residents
- South Jordan 66,648
South Jordan, UT
66,648 residents
What this shows Salt Lake City is the largest UT city on this list; Highland leads median income.
Highest median incomes in UT
Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Highland
Highland, UT
$186,075 median
- Alpine
Alpine, UT
$168,929 median
- Cedar Hills
Cedar Hills, UT
$139,008 median
- South Jordan
South Jordan, UT
$134,047 median
- Syracuse
Syracuse, UT
$133,443 median
- Kaysville
Kaysville, UT
$133,026 median
- Lehi
Lehi, UT
$131,299 median
- Bluffdale
Bluffdale, UT
$129,531 median
- Draper
Draper, UT
$128,910 median
- Saratoga Spr…
Saratoga Springs, UT
$128,802 median
What this shows Highland posts the highest place-level median income in UT; Salt Lake City is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Vernal, UT beyond the headline numbers
Vernal sits inside Uintah County, Utah, at roughly 40.46°N, -109.53°W. Population 11,200, $64,457 median household income. Median home value $252,700, median rent $934. Poverty rate 17.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Vernal, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.
17.9% of Vernal, UT residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.
The median home in Vernal costs roughly 3.9 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.
Only 3.9% of Vernal workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 13.2% in Vernal, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Vernal's median age is 29.6 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Vernal from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Uintah County): Vernal's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 17.9% +44% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 8.7% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 14% |
| Work From Home | 3.9% |
| Public Transit | 1% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 1 total
What alerts and safety updates affect Vernal?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Vernal right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet UT-VERNAL · Vernal
Vernal: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Vernal; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Utah state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Vernal, both outside Utah so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside UT (17.9% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside UT ($64,457 here).
Compare Vernal with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Vernal's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Vernal area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Vernal against Utah peers on any ranking lens. Explore Utah
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Uintah County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.