Fort Duchesne is a city of 271 people in Utah. 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. There are 350 fewer people here than in 2000. Households here earn about 55% less than in Utah as a whole. 23.6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. 100% were living in the same home a year earlier.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $42,596, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
8% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 206%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Fort Duchesne
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$47,521 → $200,000(+321%)US over the same years: +67%
Median age21.6 → 42.3(+20.7 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Poverty rate46.8% → 23.6%(−23.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Over time
Fort Duchesne, decade by decade
Fort Duchesne population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
627
$34,909
$47,521
1.9%
20.1
2000
621
$34,156
$65,397
3.5%
24.1
2010
714
$48,930
$225,280
5.1%
0.0
2020
546
$30,084
$183,503
0.5%
45.9
2024
271
$42,596
$200,000
8.2%
7.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
