Herriman vs Sandy

A side-by-side comparison of Herriman and Sandy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sandy has the higher population (94,723 vs 57,336 in Herriman). Herriman has the higher median household income ($118,446 vs $111,242 in Sandy). Sandy has the higher median home value ($562,500 vs $554,900 in Herriman).

Population, income & housing

	Herriman	Sandy
Population	57,336	94,723
Median age	28.8 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$118,446	$111,242
Median home value	$554,900	$562,500
Median gross rent	$1,870	$1,728
Housing units	16,969	34,329
Homeownership rate	81.5%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herriman	Sandy
Population	40,149 → 57,336 (+42.8%)	96,127 → 94,723 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$101,460 → $118,446 (+16.7%)	$94,018 → $111,242 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$375,100 → $554,900 (+47.9%)	$356,500 → $562,500 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,360 → $1,870 (+37.5%)	$1,305 → $1,728 (+32.4%)

Herriman

Population

40,14957,336

Median household income

$101,460$118,446

Median home value

$375,100$554,900

Median gross rent

$1,360$1,870

Sandy

Population

96,12794,723

Median household income

$94,018$111,242

Median home value

$356,500$562,500

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Herriman	Sandy
Under 5	9.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	26.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	18.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	5.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	2.7%	9.5%
75 and over	1.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herriman	Sandy
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	2.5%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.6%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herriman	Sandy
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.3%
High school graduate	16.9%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herriman	Sandy
Drove alone	62.8%	68.1%
Carpooled	10.6%	7.9%
Public transit	1.6%	1.4%
Walked	1.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	22.8%	20.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herriman	Sandy
1-unit, detached	65.2%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	19.6%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	5.7%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Herriman	Sandy
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.5%
Average household size	3.43	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	2012	1984