American Fork vs Saratoga Springs

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

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

Saratoga Springs has the higher population (44,070 vs 35,312 in American Fork). Saratoga Springs has the higher median household income ($123,619 vs $95,823 in American Fork). Saratoga Springs has the higher median home value ($567,200 vs $467,900 in American Fork).

Population, income & housing

	American Fork	Saratoga Springs
Population	35,312	44,070
Median age	27.8 yrs	23.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,823	$123,619
Median home value	$467,900	$567,200
Median gross rent	$1,665	$2,206
Housing units	11,253	11,457
Homeownership rate	67.6%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	American Fork	Saratoga Springs
Population	30,399 → 35,312 (+16.2%)	29,161 → 44,070 (+51.1%)
Median household income	$77,857 → $95,823 (+23.1%)	$102,531 → $123,619 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$286,800 → $467,900 (+63.1%)	$340,700 → $567,200 (+66.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,169 → $1,665 (+42.4%)	$1,485 → $2,206 (+48.6%)

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

Saratoga Springs

Population

29,16144,070

Median household income

$102,531$123,619

Median home value

$340,700$567,200

Median gross rent

$1,485$2,206

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	American Fork	Saratoga Springs
Under 5	8.1%	11.8%
5 to 17	23.0%	30.8%
18 to 24	12.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	17.7%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	6.9%	4.0%
65 to 74	5.6%	3.4%
75 and over	3.7%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	American Fork	Saratoga Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	American Fork	Saratoga Springs
No high school diploma	5.2%	1.7%
High school graduate	17.6%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	34.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	American Fork	Saratoga Springs
Drove alone	70.3%	64.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	8.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.8%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.4%	23.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	American Fork	Saratoga Springs
1-unit, detached	63.0%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	5.8%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	American Fork	Saratoga Springs
Poverty rate	7.6%	5.3%
Average household size	3.23	4.05
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1995	2011