Cottonwood Heights vs Holladay

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

Cottonwood Heights and Holladay 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 31,236 in Holladay). Cottonwood Heights has the higher median household income ($116,583 vs $112,369 in Holladay). Holladay has the higher median home value ($700,100 vs $641,900 in Cottonwood Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood Heights	Holladay
Population	32,984	31,236
Median age	39.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$116,583	$112,369
Median home value	$641,900	$700,100
Median gross rent	$1,697	$1,653
Housing units	13,098	12,561
Homeownership rate	71.1%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	57.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood Heights	Holladay
Population	34,036 → 32,984 (-3.1%)	30,636 → 31,236 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$93,564 → $116,583 (+24.6%)	$88,728 → $112,369 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$382,900 → $641,900 (+67.6%)	$442,900 → $700,100 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,230 → $1,697 (+38.0%)	$1,148 → $1,653 (+44.0%)

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

Holladay

Population

30,63631,236

Median household income

$88,728$112,369

Median home value

$442,900$700,100

Median gross rent

$1,148$1,653

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood Heights	Holladay
Under 5	5.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.9%
75 and over	7.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood Heights	Holladay
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	4.2%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood Heights	Holladay
No high school diploma	3.3%	1.9%
High school graduate	16.1%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood Heights	Holladay
Drove alone	64.1%	69.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.9%	1.2%
Walked	1.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	23.3%	22.7%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood Heights	Holladay
1-unit, detached	71.0%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	12.1%
20 or more units	5.6%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood Heights	Holladay
Poverty rate	7.2%	4.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1978	1969