Farmington vs North Salt Lake

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

Farmington 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.

Farmington has the higher population (24,934 vs 23,239 in North Salt Lake). Farmington has the higher median household income ($120,432 vs $106,885 in North Salt Lake). Farmington has the higher median home value ($618,400 vs $469,800 in North Salt Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	North Salt Lake
Population	24,934	23,239
Median age	31.7 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$120,432	$106,885
Median home value	$618,400	$469,800
Median gross rent	$1,644	$1,613
Housing units	7,397	8,086
Homeownership rate	82.5%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	North Salt Lake
Population	23,847 → 24,934 (+4.6%)	20,402 → 23,239 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$106,488 → $120,432 (+13.1%)	$85,185 → $106,885 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$386,500 → $618,400 (+60.0%)	$303,200 → $469,800 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,178 → $1,644 (+39.6%)	$1,158 → $1,613 (+39.3%)

Farmington

Population

23,84724,934

Median household income

$106,488$120,432

Median home value

$386,500$618,400

Median gross rent

$1,178$1,644

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)

	Farmington	North Salt Lake
Under 5	6.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	28.2%	22.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	10.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	17.1%	17.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	8.0%	6.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	6.7%
75 and over	3.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	North Salt Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	72.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.5%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	North Salt Lake
No high school diploma	2.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	14.2%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	North Salt Lake
Drove alone	67.6%	72.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	6.5%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	22.0%	18.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	North Salt Lake
1-unit, detached	76.9%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	9.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	North Salt Lake
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.6%
Average household size	3.40	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	2001	2003