Cottonwood Heights vs Midvale

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

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

Midvale has the higher population (35,736 vs 32,984 in Cottonwood Heights). Cottonwood Heights has the higher median household income ($116,583 vs $73,058 in Midvale). Cottonwood Heights has the higher median home value ($641,900 vs $408,400 in Midvale).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood Heights	Midvale
Population	32,984	35,736
Median age	39.1 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$116,583	$73,058
Median home value	$641,900	$408,400
Median gross rent	$1,697	$1,480
Housing units	13,098	16,383
Homeownership rate	71.1%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood Heights	Midvale
Population	34,036 → 32,984 (-3.1%)	33,318 → 35,736 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$93,564 → $116,583 (+24.6%)	$60,216 → $73,058 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$382,900 → $641,900 (+67.6%)	$261,400 → $408,400 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,230 → $1,697 (+38.0%)	$1,118 → $1,480 (+32.4%)

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

Midvale

Population

33,31835,736

Median household income

$60,216$73,058

Median home value

$261,400$408,400

Median gross rent

$1,118$1,480

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood Heights	Midvale
Under 5	5.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	24.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	8.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	6.4%
75 and over	7.7%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood Heights	Midvale
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	65.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	4.2%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	3.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood Heights	Midvale
No high school diploma	3.3%	7.7%
High school graduate	16.1%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood Heights	Midvale
Drove alone	64.1%	64.2%
Carpooled	8.0%	11.9%
Public transit	0.9%	3.4%
Walked	1.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	23.3%	15.4%
Other means	1.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood Heights	Midvale
1-unit, detached	71.0%	34.9%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	20.6%
20 or more units	5.6%	20.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood Heights	Midvale
Poverty rate	7.2%	10.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1978	1987