American Fork vs Payson

A side-by-side comparison of American Fork and Payson: population, income, housing, and more.

American Fork and Payson are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

American Fork has the higher population (35,312 vs 22,205 in Payson). American Fork has the higher median household income ($95,823 vs $84,286 in Payson). American Fork has the higher median home value ($467,900 vs $388,200 in Payson).

Population, income & housing

	American Fork	Payson
Population	35,312	22,205
Median age	27.8 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,823	$84,286
Median home value	$467,900	$388,200
Median gross rent	$1,665	$1,393
Housing units	11,253	6,941
Homeownership rate	67.6%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	American Fork	Payson
Population	30,399 → 35,312 (+16.2%)	19,842 → 22,205 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$77,857 → $95,823 (+23.1%)	$67,272 → $84,286 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$286,800 → $467,900 (+63.1%)	$231,000 → $388,200 (+68.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,169 → $1,665 (+42.4%)	$1,017 → $1,393 (+37.0%)

American Fork

Population

30,39935,312

Median household income

$77,857$95,823

Median home value

$286,800$467,900

Median gross rent

$1,169$1,665

Payson

Population

19,84222,205

Median household income

$67,272$84,286

Median home value

$231,000$388,200

Median gross rent

$1,017$1,393

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	American Fork	Payson
Under 5	8.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	23.0%	23.8%
18 to 24	12.2%	12.3%
25 to 34	17.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	6.9%	8.4%
65 to 74	5.6%	6.9%
75 and over	3.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	American Fork	Payson
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	1.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.8%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	17.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	American Fork	Payson
No high school diploma	5.2%	7.5%
High school graduate	17.6%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	American Fork	Payson
Drove alone	70.3%	73.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	11.2%
Public transit	0.9%	1.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.4%	12.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	American Fork	Payson
1-unit, detached	63.0%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	5.6%
20 or more units	6.1%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	American Fork	Payson
Poverty rate	7.6%	6.5%
Average household size	3.23	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1995	1994