Fruit Heights vs Sunset

A side-by-side comparison of Fruit Heights and Sunset: population, income, housing, and more.

Fruit Heights and Sunset are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fruit Heights has the higher population (6,036 vs 5,567 in Sunset). Fruit Heights has the higher median household income ($134,500 vs $74,250 in Sunset). Fruit Heights has the higher median home value ($654,800 vs $296,900 in Sunset).

Population, income & housing

	Fruit Heights	Sunset
Population	6,036	5,567
Median age	41.3 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$134,500	$74,250
Median home value	$654,800	$296,900
Median gross rent	$1,727	$1,166
Housing units	2,057	1,781
Homeownership rate	92.1%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.1%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruit Heights	Sunset
Population	6,172 → 6,036 (-2.2%)	5,278 → 5,567 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$97,488 → $134,500 (+38.0%)	$62,281 → $74,250 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$396,000 → $654,800 (+65.4%)	$166,700 → $296,900 (+78.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,669 → $1,727 (+3.5%)	$858 → $1,166 (+35.9%)

Fruit Heights

Population

6,1726,036

Median household income

$97,488$134,500

Median home value

$396,000$654,800

Median gross rent

$1,669$1,727

Sunset

Population

5,2785,567

Median household income

$62,281$74,250

Median home value

$166,700$296,900

Median gross rent

$858$1,166

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruit Heights	Sunset
Under 5	4.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	26.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.2%	14.6%
25 to 34	5.1%	22.0%
35 to 44	16.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	8.6%
65 to 74	13.2%	4.8%
75 and over	4.5%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruit Heights	Sunset
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	20.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruit Heights	Sunset
No high school diploma	1.1%	11.3%
High school graduate	13.3%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruit Heights	Sunset
Drove alone	75.5%	86.0%
Carpooled	2.5%	3.7%
Public transit	1.7%	1.1%
Walked	0.6%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruit Heights	Sunset
1-unit, detached	85.7%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fruit Heights	Sunset
Poverty rate	3.1%	11.5%
Average household size	2.97	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1989	1962