Cedar Hills vs Salem

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Hills and Salem: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Hills and Salem are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cedar Hills has the higher population (9,945 vs 9,893 in Salem). Cedar Hills has the higher median household income ($137,527 vs $107,617 in Salem). Cedar Hills has the higher median home value ($615,900 vs $547,000 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Hills	Salem
Population	9,945	9,893
Median age	25.4 yrs	28.6 yrs
Median household income	$137,527	$107,617
Median home value	$615,900	$547,000
Median gross rent	$2,139	$1,691
Housing units	2,577	2,795
Homeownership rate	86.5%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.2%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Hills	Salem
Population	10,209 → 9,945 (-2.6%)	8,099 → 9,893 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$104,808 → $137,527 (+31.2%)	$98,750 → $107,617 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$371,300 → $615,900 (+65.9%)	$331,900 → $547,000 (+64.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,791 → $2,139 (+19.4%)	$1,250 → $1,691 (+35.3%)

Cedar Hills

Population

10,2099,945

Median household income

$104,808$137,527

Median home value

$371,300$615,900

Median gross rent

$1,791$2,139

Salem

Population

8,0999,893

Median household income

$98,750$107,617

Median home value

$331,900$547,000

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Hills	Salem
Under 5	6.9%	9.3%
5 to 17	29.8%	27.7%
18 to 24	13.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	8.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	5.1%	6.3%
75 and over	3.3%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Hills	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Hills	Salem
No high school diploma	2.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	8.2%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Hills	Salem
Drove alone	66.6%	77.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.5%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.8%	13.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Hills	Salem
1-unit, detached	84.2%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.2%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Hills	Salem
Poverty rate	5.2%	4.1%
Average household size	3.99	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	2004	2004