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West Valley City, UT

138,153 Population
35.8 square miles 3,856.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 34.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Utah: 32.5 ±0.1

Economics

$31,750 ±$2,076 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: $45,363 ±$930
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Utah: $41,806 ±$527
$92,750 ±$4,634 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: $100,548 ±$2,071
  • a little less than the amount in Utah: $96,658 ±$1,179

6.5% ±2.3% (8,952  ±3,126) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 7.7% 97,836 (±0.7% / ±9,441)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Utah: 8.3% 286,572 (±0.4% / ±15,014)

24.7 minutes ±1.7 (1,496,770  ±149,168) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 23.5 13,734,055 (±0.5 / ±369,362)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Utah: 23.2 34,585,096 (±0.3 / ±610,975)

Families

40,846 ±2,179 Number of households
  • the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 469,925 ±3,414
  • Utah: 1,184,428 ±7,000
3.4 ±0.2 (137,831  ±61) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 2.7 1,283,168 (±0 / ±361)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Utah: 2.9 3,446,695

5.2% ±2.7% (1,708  ±883) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 4.3% † 14,641 (±0.6% / ±2,053)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Utah: 5.8% 52,109 (±0.4% / ±3,767)

Housing

42,751 ±2,485 Number of housing units
  • the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 493,951 ±164
  • Utah: 1,283,206 ±322

$438,900 ±$15,254 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: $575,200 ±$8,465
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Utah: $545,200 ±$6,188

13.2% ±4.1% (17,969  ±5,564.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 13% 167,768 (±0.9% / ±11,883.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Utah: 13.3% 459,215 (±0.6% / ±19,063.5)

Social

83.7% ±3.8% (70,519  ±4,480.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 92.6% 784,631 (±1.8% / ±15,224)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Utah: 93.6% 2,015,798 (±1.1% / ±22,792.3)
19.8% ±2.6% (16,715  ±2,341.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 40.5% 343,555 (±1.1% / ±9,676.8)
  • about half the rate in Utah: 39.1% 842,281 (±0.7% / ±14,229.7)

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

25.2% ±3.2% (34,844  ±4,431) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 13.8% 179,477
  • more than double the rate in Utah: 9.8% 341,716

4.1% ±0.9% (4,086  ±925) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area: 3.8% 37,391 (±0.3% / ±2,424)
  • a little less than the rate in Utah: 4.3% 109,467 (±0.2% / ±4,948)
4,086 Total veterans ±925 3,849 Male ±863 237 Female ±218

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