Bluffdale vs South Salt Lake

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

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

South Salt Lake has the higher population (26,277 vs 18,168 in Bluffdale). Bluffdale has the higher median household income ($122,879 vs $68,035 in South Salt Lake). Bluffdale has the higher median home value ($652,000 vs $390,400 in South Salt Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffdale	South Salt Lake
Population	18,168	26,277
Median age	31.2 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$122,879	$68,035
Median home value	$652,000	$390,400
Median gross rent	$1,864	$1,329
Housing units	5,483	11,704
Homeownership rate	77.9%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffdale	South Salt Lake
Population	13,403 → 18,168 (+35.6%)	25,017 → 26,277 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$116,454 → $122,879 (+5.5%)	$47,813 → $68,035 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$485,400 → $652,000 (+34.3%)	$226,000 → $390,400 (+72.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,422 → $1,864 (+31.1%)	$908 → $1,329 (+46.4%)

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

South Salt Lake

Population

25,01726,277

Median household income

$47,813$68,035

Median home value

$226,000$390,400

Median gross rent

$908$1,329

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffdale	South Salt Lake
Under 5	8.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	25.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	12.1%
25 to 34	17.1%	23.6%
35 to 44	19.8%	17.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	5.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	3.7%	5.5%
75 and over	3.4%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffdale	South Salt Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	52.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	2.0%
Asian	1.0%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	1.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	28.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffdale	South Salt Lake
No high school diploma	3.5%	13.7%
High school graduate	20.5%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffdale	South Salt Lake
Drove alone	68.8%	64.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	13.4%
Public transit	0.2%	2.5%
Walked	1.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	21.7%	14.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffdale	South Salt Lake
1-unit, detached	67.8%	36.7%
1-unit, attached	17.9%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	18.3%
20 or more units	3.5%	23.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Bluffdale	South Salt Lake
Poverty rate	4.2%	15.5%
Average household size	3.31	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	2010	1979