North Salt Lake vs Syracuse

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

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

Syracuse has the higher population (34,009 vs 23,239 in North Salt Lake). Syracuse has the higher median household income ($132,459 vs $106,885 in North Salt Lake). Syracuse has the higher median home value ($531,600 vs $469,800 in North Salt Lake).

Population, income & housing

	North Salt Lake	Syracuse
Population	23,239	34,009
Median age	32.3 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$106,885	$132,459
Median home value	$469,800	$531,600
Median gross rent	$1,613	$2,006
Housing units	8,086	9,533
Homeownership rate	67.9%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Salt Lake	Syracuse
Population	20,402 → 23,239 (+13.9%)	29,331 → 34,009 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$85,185 → $106,885 (+25.5%)	$99,625 → $132,459 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$303,200 → $469,800 (+54.9%)	$316,200 → $531,600 (+68.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,158 → $1,613 (+39.3%)	$1,514 → $2,006 (+32.5%)

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

Syracuse

Population

29,33134,009

Median household income

$99,625$132,459

Median home value

$316,200$531,600

Median gross rent

$1,514$2,006

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Salt Lake	Syracuse
Under 5	7.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	22.1%	30.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	17.9%	16.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	6.6%	8.2%
65 to 74	6.7%	5.4%
75 and over	4.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Salt Lake	Syracuse
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	4.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.6%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Salt Lake	Syracuse
No high school diploma	5.4%	2.8%
High school graduate	20.0%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Salt Lake	Syracuse
Drove alone	72.7%	74.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	18.4%	15.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Salt Lake	Syracuse
1-unit, detached	60.5%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	11.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Salt Lake	Syracuse
Poverty rate	3.6%	4.6%
Average household size	2.95	3.68
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	2003	2005