Midvale vs South Salt Lake

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

Midvale 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.

Midvale has the higher population (35,736 vs 26,277 in South Salt Lake). Midvale has the higher median household income ($73,058 vs $68,035 in South Salt Lake). Midvale has the higher median home value ($408,400 vs $390,400 in South Salt Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Midvale	South Salt Lake
Population	35,736	26,277
Median age	32.6 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,058	$68,035
Median home value	$408,400	$390,400
Median gross rent	$1,480	$1,329
Housing units	16,383	11,704
Homeownership rate	43.9%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midvale	South Salt Lake
Population	33,318 → 35,736 (+7.3%)	25,017 → 26,277 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$60,216 → $73,058 (+21.3%)	$47,813 → $68,035 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$261,400 → $408,400 (+56.2%)	$226,000 → $390,400 (+72.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,118 → $1,480 (+32.4%)	$908 → $1,329 (+46.4%)

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

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)

	Midvale	South Salt Lake
Under 5	6.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	12.1%
25 to 34	24.6%	23.6%
35 to 44	15.7%	17.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	6.4%	5.5%
75 and over	2.9%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midvale	South Salt Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	52.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	2.0%
Asian	3.6%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	28.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midvale	South Salt Lake
No high school diploma	7.7%	13.7%
High school graduate	21.4%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midvale	South Salt Lake
Drove alone	64.2%	64.7%
Carpooled	11.9%	13.4%
Public transit	3.4%	2.5%
Walked	2.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.8%
Worked from home	15.4%	14.8%
Other means	1.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midvale	South Salt Lake
1-unit, detached	34.9%	36.7%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	18.3%
20 or more units	20.8%	23.2%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Midvale	South Salt Lake
Poverty rate	10.6%	15.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1987	1979