Sandy vs West Valley City

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

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

West Valley City has the higher population (137,955 vs 94,723 in Sandy). Sandy has the higher median household income ($111,242 vs $88,604 in West Valley City). Sandy has the higher median home value ($562,500 vs $377,300 in West Valley City).

Population, income & housing

	Sandy	West Valley City
Population	94,723	137,955
Median age	36.9 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$111,242	$88,604
Median home value	$562,500	$377,300
Median gross rent	$1,728	$1,445
Housing units	34,329	40,691
Homeownership rate	75.9%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandy	West Valley City
Population	96,127 → 94,723 (-1.5%)	136,009 → 137,955 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$94,018 → $111,242 (+18.3%)	$66,342 → $88,604 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$356,500 → $562,500 (+57.8%)	$219,500 → $377,300 (+71.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,305 → $1,728 (+32.4%)	$1,126 → $1,445 (+28.3%)

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 Valley City

Population

136,009137,955

Median household income

$66,342$88,604

Median home value

$219,500$377,300

Median gross rent

$1,126$1,445

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandy	West Valley City
Under 5	6.5%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.9%	23.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	5.3%
75 and over	5.5%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandy	West Valley City
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	42.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.8%
Asian	3.5%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	4.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	42.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandy	West Valley City
No high school diploma	4.3%	18.6%
High school graduate	18.8%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandy	West Valley City
Drove alone	68.1%	71.9%
Carpooled	7.9%	14.4%
Public transit	1.4%	1.9%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	20.2%	10.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandy	West Valley City
1-unit, detached	71.5%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	6.3%
20 or more units	12.2%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Sandy	West Valley City
Poverty rate	5.5%	11.8%
Average household size	2.87	3.54
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1984	1984