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Salt Lake County, UT

1,186,257 Population
752.9 square miles 1,575.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Utah: 32.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$42,252 ±$834 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Utah: $38,514 ±$542
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$91,924 ±$2,064 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Utah: $89,168 ±$1,807
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

7.4% ±0.7% (86,920  ±8,225) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Utah: 8.2% 273,052 (±0.4% / ±14,660)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

22.4 minutes ±0.6 (11,657,625  ±371,358) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Utah: 21.6 30,408,110 (±0.3 / ±507,197)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

424,300 ±3,263 Number of households
  • Utah: 1,129,660 ±5,750
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.8 ±0 (1,170,076  ±775) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Utah: 3 3,328,160
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.6% ±0.7% (14,086  ±2,163) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Utah: 5.9% 50,803 (±0.4% / ±3,635)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

451,040 ±286 Number of housing units
  • Utah: 1,228,707 ±311
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$535,800 ±$12,373 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Utah: $499,500 ±$4,485
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

14.9% ±1.2% (174,696  ±13,670.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Utah: 14.3% 477,921 (±0.6% / ±19,561.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

91.1% ±1.8% (700,042  ±13,760.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Utah: 93% 1,900,277 (±1% / ±20,943.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
38.9% ±1.1% (298,703  ±8,623) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Utah: 37.9% 775,049 (±0.6% / ±13,016.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

21.9% (242,862  ±) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Utah: 15.8% 498,790 (±0.5% / ±14,142.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±,203,206.2)

13.5% (160,015  ±8,477) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Utah: 8.7% 292,299
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

4% ±0.3% (35,095  ±2,844) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Utah: 4.5% 110,392 (±0.2% / ±4,738)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
35,095 Total veterans ±2,844 30,541 Male ±2,380 4,554 Female ±1,433

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