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Salt Lake City, UT

200,475 Population
110.3 square miles 1,816.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area: 33.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Utah: 31.8 ±0.2

Economics

$44,033 ±$2,874 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area: $37,405 ±$917
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Utah: $35,220 ±$607
$66,658 ±$5,207 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area: $81,307 ±$1,675
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Utah: $79,449 ±$1,246

13% ±1.9% (25,362  ±3,646) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area: 8.2% † 102,889 (±0.8% / ±10,394)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Utah: 8.6% 281,673 (±0.5% / ±15,053)

18.4 minutes ±0.9 (1,646,275  ±122,623) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area: 21.7 10,936,465 (±0.5 / ±335,596)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Utah: 21.4 27,978,436 (±0.3 / ±470,217)

Families

89,839 ±3,408 Number of households
  • the Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area: 443,798 ±3,523
  • Utah: 1,101,499 ±5,112
2.2 ±0.1 (194,866  ±882) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area: 2.8 1,248,337 (±0 / ±3,470)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Utah: 3 3,290,918 (±0)

3.7% ±1.5% (2,205  ±881) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area: 5.2% † 16,814 (±0.7% / ±2,410)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Utah: 5.8% 49,297 (±0.5% / ±4,299)

Housing

99,551 ±3,714 Number of housing units
  • the Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area: 464,624 ±1,252
  • Utah: 1,190,154 ±220

$459,800 ±$14,382 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area: $444,200 ±$5,655
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Utah: $421,700 ±$4,076

20.9% ±2.4% (41,591  ±4,675.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area: 14.6% 182,218 (±0.9% / ±11,744.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Utah: 14.5% 478,353 (±0.6% / ±18,075.9)

Social

93.7% ±3.4% (128,534  ±6,106.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area: 91.9% 744,172 (±1.7% / ±13,555.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Utah: 93.2% 1,873,479 (±1% / ±20,457.9)
50.9% ±2.7% (69,825  ±4,314.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area: 36.2% 293,033 (±1% / ±7,742.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Utah: 36.8% 740,097 (±0.6% / ±12,860.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

13.2% ±1.8% (26,509  ±3,655) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area: 12.2% 153,680 (±0.6% / ±7,936)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Utah: 8.3% 278,336 (±0.3% / ±9,885)

3.4% ±0.7% (5,584  ±1,207) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area: 4.1% 38,273 (±0.4% / ±3,262)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Utah: 4.8% 114,803 (±0.2% / ±4,889)
5,584 Total veterans ±1,207 5,183 Male ±1,154 401 Female ±287

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