What is the population of Vernal city?

Vernal city has 10,254 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #65 of 334 in Utah.

What is the median household income in Vernal city?

Median household income in Vernal city is $59,178 a year, 24.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Vernal city?

Median gross rent is $900 a month and the median home value is $234,200, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.

Is Vernal city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Vernal city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Vernal, UT population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Vernal, Utah (Vernal, UT — Census place “Vernal city”) is 10,254 residents, ranking #65 of 334 places in Utah. Median household income is $59,178, the median home is worth $234,200 and median gross rent runs $900 a month. Looking for the Vernal Utah ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Vernal, UT: 84078.

Population: 10,254Vernal city residents
Median household income: $59,178Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $234,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $900Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 29.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51.9%Owner-occupied households

Vernal ZIP codes (Utah)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Vernal.

The Vernal UT ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

84078

What the numbers mean in Vernal city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Vernal city median would spend about 18.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.1% of residents and 51.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Vernal city, UT in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Vernal city is a mid-size town in Utah, with 10,254 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #65 of 334 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 29.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Vernal city earn a median of $59,178 a year, 24.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 36% below the $91,818 median for the 170 Utah cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 18.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Vernal city is valued at $234,200, 22.8% below the national figure and 46% below the $437,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $900 a month, 36% below the national figure, or roughly $10,800 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 51.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

A median age of 29.3 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Vernal city?: Vernal city has 10,254 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #65 of 334 in Utah.
What is the median household income in Vernal city?: Median household income in Vernal city is $59,178 a year, 24.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Vernal city?: Median gross rent is $900 a month and the median home value is $234,200, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.
Is Vernal city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Vernal city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Vernal city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.