Sunset vs West Bountiful

A side-by-side comparison of Sunset and West Bountiful: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Bountiful has the higher population (5,920 vs 5,567 in Sunset). West Bountiful has the higher median household income ($127,344 vs $74,250 in Sunset). West Bountiful has the higher median home value ($530,500 vs $296,900 in Sunset).

Population, income & housing

	Sunset	West Bountiful
Population	5,567	5,920
Median age	30.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,250	$127,344
Median home value	$296,900	$530,500
Median gross rent	$1,166	$1,632
Housing units	1,781	1,908
Homeownership rate	66.5%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sunset	West Bountiful
Population	5,278 → 5,567 (+5.5%)	5,627 → 5,920 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$62,281 → $74,250 (+19.2%)	$95,652 → $127,344 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$166,700 → $296,900 (+78.1%)	$314,500 → $530,500 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,166 (+35.9%)	$1,374 → $1,632 (+18.8%)

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

West Bountiful

Population

5,6275,920

Median household income

$95,652$127,344

Median home value

$314,500$530,500

Median gross rent

$1,374$1,632

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sunset	West Bountiful
Under 5	7.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.4%	21.9%
18 to 24	14.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	22.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	8.6%	15.1%
65 to 74	4.8%	8.0%
75 and over	3.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sunset	West Bountiful
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	86.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	2.9%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sunset	West Bountiful
No high school diploma	11.3%	1.6%
High school graduate	46.8%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sunset	West Bountiful
Drove alone	86.0%	65.5%
Carpooled	3.7%	12.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	20.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sunset	West Bountiful
1-unit, detached	73.6%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Sunset	West Bountiful
Poverty rate	11.5%	10.0%
Average household size	3.15	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1962	1981