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South Salt Lake, UT

26,277 Population
6.9 square miles 3,785.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 33.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Utah: 31.7 ±0.1

Economics

$36,348 ±$2,642 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: $43,026 ±$486
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Utah: $39,240 ±$257
$68,035 ±$5,555 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: $95,045 ±$1,116
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Utah: $91,750 ±$634

15.5% ±3.1% (3,896  ±789) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 8.1% 101,251 (±0.4% / ±4,812)
  • nearly double the rate in Utah: 8.6% 280,516 (±0.2% / ±6,941)

19.7 minutes ±1.1 (255,065  ±20,248) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 22.9 12,508,575 (±0.2 / ±167,786)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Utah: 22 30,496,036 (±0.2 / ±255,319)

Families

10,707 ±521 Number of households
  • the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 439,639 ±1,266
  • Utah: 1,094,896 ±2,787
2.3 ±0.1 (25,010  ±129) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 2.8 1,244,610 (±0 / ±197)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Utah: 3 3,277,140

3.5% ±2.3% (279  ±180) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 4.8% 15,466 (±0.3% / ±956)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Utah: 5.7% 48,432 (±0.2% / ±1,645)

Housing

11,704 ±495 Number of housing units
  • the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 464,304 ±173
  • Utah: 1,193,082 ±271

$390,400 ±$22,441 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: $478,200 ±$2,724
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Utah: $455,000 ±$1,576

22.4% ±3.4% (5,866  ±900.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 14.1% 176,032 (±0.4% / ±5,532.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Utah: 14.5% 475,995 (±0.2% / ±7,857.7)

Social

86.4% ±5.3% (15,205  ±1,052.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 91.8% 741,401 (±0.8% / ±6,376)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Utah: 93.3% 1,868,482 (±0.5% / ±9,819.5)
33.9% ±3.5% (5,967  ±647.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 37.8% 305,094 (±0.5% / ±4,011.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Utah: 36.9% 739,555 (±0.3% / ±5,901)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

21.2% ±3% (5,559  ±781) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 12.4% 156,922
  • more than double the rate in Utah: 8.6% 285,013

3% ±1.1% (628  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 4.1% 38,232 (±0.2% / ±1,572)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Utah: 4.8% 113,093 (±0.1% / ±2,936)
628 Total veterans ±221 544 Male ±193 84 Female ±94

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