Kearns is a medium-sized town located in the state of Utah. With a population of 37,249 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Kearns is the 25th largest community in Utah.
Also of interest is that Kearns has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.06% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Kearns has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Kearns a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Kearns, just 12.32% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Kearns in 2022 was $25,975, which is low income relative to Utah, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,900 for a family of four. However, Kearns contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Kearns is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kearns home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kearns residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Kearns also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 41.80% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kearns include English, German, Danish, Irish, and Scottish.
In addition, Kearns has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.04%).
The most common language spoken in Kearns is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.