Bluffdale vs Magna metro township

A side-by-side comparison of Bluffdale and Magna metro township: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Magna metro township has the higher population (29,488 vs 18,168 in Bluffdale). Bluffdale has the higher median household income ($122,879 vs $87,516 in Magna metro township). Bluffdale has the higher median home value ($652,000 vs $341,400 in Magna metro township).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffdale	Magna metro township
Population	18,168	29,488
Median age	31.2 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$122,879	$87,516
Median home value	$652,000	$341,400
Median gross rent	$1,864	$1,623
Housing units	5,483	9,057
Homeownership rate	77.9%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffdale	Magna metro township
Population	13,403 → 18,168 (+35.6%)	27,145 → 29,488 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$116,454 → $122,879 (+5.5%)	$63,075 → $87,516 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$485,400 → $652,000 (+34.3%)	$205,000 → $341,400 (+66.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,422 → $1,864 (+31.1%)	$1,120 → $1,623 (+44.9%)

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

Magna metro township

Population

27,14529,488

Median household income

$63,075$87,516

Median home value

$205,000$341,400

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffdale	Magna metro township
Under 5	8.1%	8.5%
5 to 17	25.7%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	19.8%	16.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	5.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	3.7%	5.8%
75 and over	3.4%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffdale	Magna metro township
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	54.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	1.7%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffdale	Magna metro township
No high school diploma	3.5%	14.7%
High school graduate	20.5%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffdale	Magna metro township
Drove alone	68.8%	72.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	14.6%
Public transit	0.2%	1.2%
Walked	1.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	10.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffdale	Magna metro township
1-unit, detached	67.8%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	17.9%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	3.1%
20 or more units	3.5%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Bluffdale	Magna metro township
Poverty rate	4.2%	8.5%
Average household size	3.31	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	2010	1981