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Payson, UT

23,039 Population
13.2 square miles 1,750.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.5 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 25.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Utah: 32 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,564 ±$1,881 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: $37,028 ±$485
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Utah: $40,873 ±$264
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$89,905 ±$6,542 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: $100,704 ±$1,401
  • a little less than the amount in Utah: $95,166 ±$774
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.3% ±2.7% (1,663  ±620) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 8.7% 60,758 (±0.4% / ±3,036)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Utah: 8.5% 283,680 (±0.2% / ±7,249)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.1 minutes ±1.3 (212,335  ±20,649) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 22.6 6,396,270 (±0.3 / ±106,174)
  • a little higher than the figure in Utah: 22.1 30,760,030 (±0.1 / ±237,401)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,826 ±348 Number of households
  • the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 206,880 ±820
  • Utah: 1,124,822 ±2,819
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.4 ±0.2 (22,847  ±81) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 3.4 701,548 (±0 / ±158)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Utah: 3 3,337,860
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.3% ±2.1% (283  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 7.4% 14,496 (±0.5% / ±938)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Utah: 5.7% 49,801 (±0.2% / ±1,601)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,146 ±361 Number of housing units
  • the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 215,146 ±133
  • Utah: 1,223,468 ±257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$429,600 ±$15,766 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: $535,500 ±$5,804
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Utah: $489,400 ±$1,629
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11% ±2.5% (2,516  ±579.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 17.1% 120,630 (±0.5% / ±3,836.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Utah: 14% 468,118 (±0.3% / ±9,366)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.7% ±4% (12,123  ±738.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 95.1% 352,853 (±1% / ±3,789)
  • about the same as the rate in Utah: 93.4% 1,918,440 (±0.5% / ±10,276.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.9% ±2.8% (3,646  ±399.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 43.9% 162,973 (±0.7% / ±2,399.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Utah: 37.7% 774,301 (±0.3% / ±6,106.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.2% ±2.4% (1,667  ±559) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 8.1% 58,420
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Utah: 8.9% 302,552
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±1.7% (927  ±268) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 3.1% 15,071 (±0.2% / ±1,017)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Utah: 4.6% 111,760 (±0.1% / ±2,339)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
927 Total veterans ±268 821 Male ±211 106 Female ±93

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