Holladay vs South Salt Lake

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

Holladay 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.

Holladay has the higher population (31,236 vs 26,277 in South Salt Lake). Holladay has the higher median household income ($112,369 vs $68,035 in South Salt Lake). Holladay has the higher median home value ($700,100 vs $390,400 in South Salt Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Holladay	South Salt Lake
Population	31,236	26,277
Median age	40.1 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$112,369	$68,035
Median home value	$700,100	$390,400
Median gross rent	$1,653	$1,329
Housing units	12,561	11,704
Homeownership rate	79.6%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.9%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holladay	South Salt Lake
Population	30,636 → 31,236 (+2.0%)	25,017 → 26,277 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$88,728 → $112,369 (+26.6%)	$47,813 → $68,035 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$442,900 → $700,100 (+58.1%)	$226,000 → $390,400 (+72.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,148 → $1,653 (+44.0%)	$908 → $1,329 (+46.4%)

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

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)

	Holladay	South Salt Lake
Under 5	5.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	12.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	23.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	17.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	6.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	5.5%
75 and over	8.4%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holladay	South Salt Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	52.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.0%
Asian	2.1%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	1.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	28.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holladay	South Salt Lake
No high school diploma	1.9%	13.7%
High school graduate	11.7%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holladay	South Salt Lake
Drove alone	69.9%	64.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	13.4%
Public transit	1.2%	2.5%
Walked	0.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	22.7%	14.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holladay	South Salt Lake
1-unit, detached	66.6%	36.7%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	18.3%
20 or more units	4.2%	23.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Holladay	South Salt Lake
Poverty rate	4.9%	15.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1969	1979