Elwood, Utah

Population

Growing. Up 16.8% since 2020.

1,375

people, the 145th-largest of Utah's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Utah's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

96.6%

of 179 jobs located in Elwood are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 174% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,333

a month. Utah's median is $1,496.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $730.

A $730 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Box Elder County.

• $858 Tract 9605
• $1,588 Tract 9608.01

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

$720–$1,080

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,333 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

55% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 44 homes permitted, 2022–2025
• 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 55% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0–0.4% to the 445 homes here.

0–2

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 6% more than Utah's.

$516,400

median home value in Elwood.

• $516,400 Elwood
• $489,400 Utah
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year