Scofield, Utah

Population

Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.

26

people, the 255th-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.

95.2%

of 21 jobs located in Scofield are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $179.

A $179 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Carbon County.

• $768 Tract 1
• $947 Tract 6

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

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 92% of all homes were built before 2000

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

Units needed

None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.

0

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 63% less than Utah's.

$181,900

median home value in Scofield.

• $181,900 Scofield
• $489,400 Utah
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year