Sandy vs Taylorsville

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

Sandy and Taylorsville 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 59,010 in Taylorsville). Sandy has the higher median household income ($111,242 vs $85,608 in Taylorsville). Sandy has the higher median home value ($562,500 vs $398,900 in Taylorsville).

Population, income & housing

	Sandy	Taylorsville
Population	94,723	59,010
Median age	36.9 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$111,242	$85,608
Median home value	$562,500	$398,900
Median gross rent	$1,728	$1,432
Housing units	34,329	21,096
Homeownership rate	75.9%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandy	Taylorsville
Population	96,127 → 94,723 (-1.5%)	60,138 → 59,010 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$94,018 → $111,242 (+18.3%)	$66,311 → $85,608 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$356,500 → $562,500 (+57.8%)	$239,400 → $398,900 (+66.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,305 → $1,728 (+32.4%)	$1,054 → $1,432 (+35.9%)

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

Taylorsville

Population

60,13859,010

Median household income

$66,311$85,608

Median home value

$239,400$398,900

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,432

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandy	Taylorsville
Under 5	6.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	19.9%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.1%
75 and over	5.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandy	Taylorsville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	60.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	3.5%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	1.6%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	26.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandy	Taylorsville
No high school diploma	4.3%	12.2%
High school graduate	18.8%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandy	Taylorsville
Drove alone	68.1%	69.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	13.8%
Public transit	1.4%	1.4%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.2%	13.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandy	Taylorsville
1-unit, detached	71.5%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	11.4%
20 or more units	12.2%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Sandy	Taylorsville
Poverty rate	5.5%	9.1%
Average household size	2.87	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1984	1981