Salt Lake City vs Sandy

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

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

Salt Lake City has the higher population (203,888 vs 94,723 in Sandy). Sandy has the higher median household income ($111,242 vs $74,925 in Salt Lake City). Sandy has the higher median home value ($562,500 vs $495,700 in Salt Lake City).

Population, income & housing

	Salt Lake City	Sandy
Population	203,888	94,723
Median age	33.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,925	$111,242
Median home value	$495,700	$562,500
Median gross rent	$1,343	$1,728
Housing units	97,318	34,329
Homeownership rate	46.8%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.9%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salt Lake City	Sandy
Population	197,756 → 203,888 (+3.1%)	96,127 → 94,723 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$60,676 → $74,925 (+23.5%)	$94,018 → $111,242 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$314,500 → $495,700 (+57.6%)	$356,500 → $562,500 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$985 → $1,343 (+36.3%)	$1,305 → $1,728 (+32.4%)

Salt Lake City

Population

197,756203,888

Median household income

$60,676$74,925

Median home value

$314,500$495,700

Median gross rent

$985$1,343

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)

	Salt Lake City	Sandy
Under 5	4.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	15.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	21.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.5%
75 and over	4.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salt Lake City	Sandy
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	78.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.4%
Asian	5.3%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	0.6%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salt Lake City	Sandy
No high school diploma	8.4%	4.3%
High school graduate	17.1%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salt Lake City	Sandy
Drove alone	60.2%	68.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.9%
Public transit	5.2%	1.4%
Walked	4.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.5%	20.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salt Lake City	Sandy
1-unit, detached	44.3%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	4.4%
20 or more units	28.8%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Salt Lake City	Sandy
Poverty rate	13.4%	5.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1963	1984