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Provo, UT

115,496 Population
41.9 square miles 2,757.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 26.5 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Utah: 32.5 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,093 ±$3,035 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: $39,170 ±$1,126
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Utah: $41,806 ±$527
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,139 ±$5,247 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: $101,014 ±$2,657
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Utah: $96,658 ±$1,179
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

27.4% ±3.8% (28,966  ±3,979) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 8.9% † 66,332 (±0.9% / ±6,829)
  • more than double the rate in Utah: 8.3% 286,572 (±0.4% / ±15,014)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.9 minutes ±0.9 (1,057,425  ±83,080) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 25.4 7,818,530 (±0.9 / ±328,977)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Utah: 23.2 34,585,096 (±0.3 / ±610,975)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

34,923 ±1,216 Number of households
  • the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 222,541 ±2,069
  • Utah: 1,184,428 ±7,000
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3 ±0.1 (105,145  ±104) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 3.4 745,446 (±0 / ±2,116)
  • a little higher than the figure in Utah: 2.9 3,446,695
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.2% ±1.9% (2,227  ±818) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 7.9% † 16,765 (±1.1% / ±2,243)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Utah: 5.8% 52,109 (±0.4% / ±3,767)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

36,878 ±1,444 Number of housing units
  • the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 230,836 ±800
  • Utah: 1,283,206 ±322
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$513,200 ±$35,576 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: $584,600 ±$9,245
  • a little less than the amount in Utah: $545,200 ±$6,188
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

35.8% ±4.3% (40,764  ±4,888.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 15.4% 114,590 (±1.3% / ±9,536.5)
  • more than double the rate in Utah: 13.3% 459,215 (±0.6% / ±19,063.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95% ±2.3% (44,330  ±2,920.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 95.1% 382,140 (±2.2% / ±9,088.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Utah: 93.6% 2,015,798 (±1.1% / ±22,792.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
48.5% ±3% (22,663  ±1,975.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 44% 176,870 (±1.4% / ±5,570.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Utah: 39.1% 842,281 (±0.7% / ±14,229.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

11.5% ±2.2% (13,258  ±2,494) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 9.5% 72,096 (±0.6% / ±4,450)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Utah: 9.8% 341,716
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.6% ±0.5% (1,517  ±524) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area: 2.7% † 14,119 (±0.3% / ±1,755)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Utah: 4.3% 109,467 (±0.2% / ±4,948)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,517 Total veterans ±524 1,345 Male ±501 172 Female ±143

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