Centerville vs North Salt Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Centerville and North Salt Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Centerville and North Salt Lake are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

North Salt Lake has the higher population (23,239 vs 16,692 in Centerville). Centerville has the higher median household income ($117,831 vs $106,885 in North Salt Lake). Centerville has the higher median home value ($492,700 vs $469,800 in North Salt Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	North Salt Lake
Population	16,692	23,239
Median age	39.0 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$117,831	$106,885
Median home value	$492,700	$469,800
Median gross rent	$1,548	$1,613
Housing units	5,914	8,086
Homeownership rate	86.1%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.8%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	North Salt Lake
Population	17,404 → 16,692 (-4.1%)	20,402 → 23,239 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$93,344 → $117,831 (+26.2%)	$85,185 → $106,885 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$321,700 → $492,700 (+53.2%)	$303,200 → $469,800 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,157 → $1,548 (+33.8%)	$1,158 → $1,613 (+39.3%)

Centerville

Population

17,40416,692

Median household income

$93,344$117,831

Median home value

$321,700$492,700

Median gross rent

$1,157$1,548

North Salt Lake

Population

20,40223,239

Median household income

$85,185$106,885

Median home value

$303,200$469,800

Median gross rent

$1,158$1,613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	North Salt Lake
Under 5	5.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	20.1%	22.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	17.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	6.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.7%
75 and over	9.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	North Salt Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	72.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	North Salt Lake
No high school diploma	2.4%	5.4%
High school graduate	12.5%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	North Salt Lake
Drove alone	69.0%	72.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.5%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.7%	18.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	North Salt Lake
1-unit, detached	73.5%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	9.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	North Salt Lake
Poverty rate	2.7%	3.6%
Average household size	2.92	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1987	2003