Castle Dale, Utah

Castle Dale is a city in northwestern Emery County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,492 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Emery County.

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History

The first settlement at Castle Dale was made in 1879. The community incorporated as the Town of Castle Dale in 1900, and became Castle Dale City, a city of the third class, in July 1920.

Geography

Castle Dale lies on the north side of Cottonwood Creek, a tributary of the San Rafael River, in Castle Valley.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

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2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Castle Dale had a population of 1,492. The median age was 38.2 years, with 28.8% of residents under the age of 18 and 17.4% aged 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 97.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.7 males.

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 534 households in Castle Dale, of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 62.5% were married-couple households, 12.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 20.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 20.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

! Race !! Number !! Percent

| White || 1,406 || 94.2%

| Black or African American || 0 || 0.0%

| American Indian and Alaska Native || 7 || 0.5%

| Asian || 7 || 0.5%

| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 1 || 0.1%

| Some other race || 12 || 0.8%

| Two or more races || 59 || 4.0%

| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 67 || 4.5%

2000 census

As of the 2000 census,

There were 508 households, out of which 49.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.6% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.3% were non-families. 15.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.22, and the average family size was 3.60.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 37.2% under 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.8 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 100.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $44,185, and the median income for a family was $48,603. Males had a median income of $40,515 versus $20,294 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,175. About 6.7% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.4% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those aged 65 or over.

Climate

Castle Dale has a fairly typical Intermountain West cool semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Summer afternoons are hot with intense sunshine, although mornings are pleasantly cool, while winter mornings are frigid even though all but 14.2 afternoons top freezing in an average year. Precipitation, owing to the rain shadows of mountains to the south (blocking monsoonal storms in summer) and west (blocking Pacific storms in winter), is light throughout the year, although there is a slight peak in late summer. The wettest month since record began has been October 2006 with , the wettest calendar year 1965 with , and the driest 1956 with . The dryness of the climate limits snowfall to , with the snowiest month being January 1980 with , and the snowiest year from July 1936 to June 1937 with .

Castle Dale, Utah

History

Geography

2020 census

2000 census

Climate

Education

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