Sandy vs West Jordan

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

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

West Jordan has the higher population (116,277 vs 94,723 in Sandy). Sandy has the higher median household income ($111,242 vs $103,960 in West Jordan). Sandy has the higher median home value ($562,500 vs $454,700 in West Jordan).

Population, income & housing

	Sandy	West Jordan
Population	94,723	116,277
Median age	36.9 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$111,242	$103,960
Median home value	$562,500	$454,700
Median gross rent	$1,728	$1,650
Housing units	34,329	37,496
Homeownership rate	75.9%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandy	West Jordan
Population	96,127 → 94,723 (-1.5%)	114,138 → 116,277 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$94,018 → $111,242 (+18.3%)	$80,955 → $103,960 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$356,500 → $562,500 (+57.8%)	$284,200 → $454,700 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,305 → $1,728 (+32.4%)	$1,234 → $1,650 (+33.7%)

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

West Jordan

Population

114,138116,277

Median household income

$80,955$103,960

Median home value

$284,200$454,700

Median gross rent

$1,234$1,650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandy	West Jordan
Under 5	6.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.9%	22.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.5%
75 and over	5.5%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandy	West Jordan
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	65.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	3.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	1.6%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	24.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandy	West Jordan
No high school diploma	4.3%	8.8%
High school graduate	18.8%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandy	West Jordan
Drove alone	68.1%	70.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	9.4%
Public transit	1.4%	1.4%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	20.2%	17.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandy	West Jordan
1-unit, detached	71.5%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	5.6%
20 or more units	12.2%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Sandy	West Jordan
Poverty rate	5.5%	6.2%
Average household size	2.87	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1984	1995