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Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area

1,215,955 Population
7,684 square miles 158.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Utah: 31.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,242 ±$338 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Utah: $30,986 ±$211
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$77,102 ±$910 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Utah: $74,197 ±$508
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

8.4% ±0.3% (101,302  ±4,029) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Utah: 9.1% 283,360 (±0.2% / ±7,183)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

22.9 minutes ±0.2 (12,954,075  ±125,867) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Utah: 22 30,350,155 (±0.1 / ±210,394)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

404,471 ±1,416 Number of households
  • Utah: 1,003,345 ±2,384
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
3 ±0 (1,201,844  ±708) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Utah: 3.1 3,103,352 (±0)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.7% ±0.4% (17,595  ±1,153) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Utah: 6.4% 50,568 (±0.2% / ±1,732)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

427,135 ±840 Number of housing units
  • Utah: 1,110,369 ±834
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$329,200 ±$2,412 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Utah: $305,400 ±$1,588
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

15.7% ±0.4% (187,787  ±5,047) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Utah: 16.2% 502,777 (±0.3% / ±7,641)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

91.6% ±0.8% (702,671  ±6,343.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Utah: 93% 1,736,762 (±0.5% / ±9,890.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
35.8% ±0.5% (274,902  ±3,665.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Utah: 34.7% 648,070 (±0.3% / ±5,629.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

12.3% ±0.3% (149,042  ±3,581) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Utah: 8.4% 264,538 (±0.1% / ±4,435)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

4.8% ±0.2% (42,341  ±1,554) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Utah: 5.4% 120,198 (±0.1% / ±2,396)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
42,341 Total veterans ±1,554 38,961 Male ±1,499 3,380 Female ±437

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