Sandy vs South Jordan

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

Sandy and South Jordan 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 80,331 in South Jordan). South Jordan has the higher median household income ($126,400 vs $111,242 in Sandy). South Jordan has the higher median home value ($614,800 vs $562,500 in Sandy).

Population, income & housing

	Sandy	South Jordan
Population	94,723	80,331
Median age	36.9 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$111,242	$126,400
Median home value	$562,500	$614,800
Median gross rent	$1,728	$1,806
Housing units	34,329	26,391
Homeownership rate	75.9%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandy	South Jordan
Population	96,127 → 94,723 (-1.5%)	71,198 → 80,331 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$94,018 → $111,242 (+18.3%)	$104,597 → $126,400 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$356,500 → $562,500 (+57.8%)	$405,400 → $614,800 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,305 → $1,728 (+32.4%)	$1,418 → $1,806 (+27.4%)

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

South Jordan

Population

71,19880,331

Median household income

$104,597$126,400

Median home value

$405,400$614,800

Median gross rent

$1,418$1,806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandy	South Jordan
Under 5	6.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	23.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.8%
75 and over	5.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandy	South Jordan
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	3.5%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.4%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandy	South Jordan
No high school diploma	4.3%	2.5%
High school graduate	18.8%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandy	South Jordan
Drove alone	68.1%	67.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.9%
Public transit	1.4%	1.5%
Walked	1.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.2%	20.2%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandy	South Jordan
1-unit, detached	71.5%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	13.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	4.3%
20 or more units	12.2%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Sandy	South Jordan
Poverty rate	5.5%	2.9%
Average household size	2.87	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1984	2007