Bluffdale vs Cottonwood Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Bluffdale and Cottonwood Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cottonwood Heights has the higher population (32,984 vs 18,168 in Bluffdale). Bluffdale has the higher median household income ($122,879 vs $116,583 in Cottonwood Heights). Bluffdale has the higher median home value ($652,000 vs $641,900 in Cottonwood Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffdale	Cottonwood Heights
Population	18,168	32,984
Median age	31.2 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$122,879	$116,583
Median home value	$652,000	$641,900
Median gross rent	$1,864	$1,697
Housing units	5,483	13,098
Homeownership rate	77.9%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffdale	Cottonwood Heights
Population	13,403 → 18,168 (+35.6%)	34,036 → 32,984 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$116,454 → $122,879 (+5.5%)	$93,564 → $116,583 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$485,400 → $652,000 (+34.3%)	$382,900 → $641,900 (+67.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,422 → $1,864 (+31.1%)	$1,230 → $1,697 (+38.0%)

Bluffdale

Population

13,40318,168

Median household income

$116,454$122,879

Median home value

$485,400$652,000

Median gross rent

$1,422$1,864

Cottonwood Heights

Population

34,03632,984

Median household income

$93,564$116,583

Median home value

$382,900$641,900

Median gross rent

$1,230$1,697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffdale	Cottonwood Heights
Under 5	8.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	25.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	17.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	19.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	5.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	3.7%	9.8%
75 and over	3.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffdale	Cottonwood Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	84.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffdale	Cottonwood Heights
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	20.5%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffdale	Cottonwood Heights
Drove alone	68.8%	64.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.9%
Walked	1.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.7%	23.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffdale	Cottonwood Heights
1-unit, detached	67.8%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	17.9%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	12.7%
20 or more units	3.5%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bluffdale	Cottonwood Heights
Poverty rate	4.2%	7.2%
Average household size	3.31	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	2010	1978