Eagle Mountain vs Orem

A side-by-side comparison of Eagle Mountain and Orem: population, income, housing, and more.

Eagle Mountain and Orem are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Orem has the higher population (97,048 vs 49,514 in Eagle Mountain). Eagle Mountain has the higher median household income ($105,576 vs $81,292 in Orem). Eagle Mountain has the higher median home value ($469,500 vs $439,000 in Orem).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Mountain	Orem
Population	49,514	97,048
Median age	22.1 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$105,576	$81,292
Median home value	$469,500	$439,000
Median gross rent	$1,995	$1,405
Housing units	12,031	32,027
Homeownership rate	85.1%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.3%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Mountain	Orem
Population	32,412 → 49,514 (+52.8%)	96,725 → 97,048 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$83,290 → $105,576 (+26.8%)	$64,590 → $81,292 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$280,700 → $469,500 (+67.3%)	$272,000 → $439,000 (+61.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,577 → $1,995 (+26.5%)	$1,034 → $1,405 (+35.9%)

Eagle Mountain

Population

32,41249,514

Median household income

$83,290$105,576

Median home value

$280,700$469,500

Median gross rent

$1,577$1,995

Orem

Population

96,72597,048

Median household income

$64,590$81,292

Median home value

$272,000$439,000

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,405

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Mountain	Orem
Under 5	14.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	29.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	18.6%
25 to 34	15.9%	16.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.6%
55 to 64	3.3%	7.3%
65 to 74	1.8%	5.7%
75 and over	0.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Mountain	Orem
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	72.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.8%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Mountain	Orem
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	16.9%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Mountain	Orem
Drove alone	68.9%	66.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	12.2%
Public transit	0.4%	2.2%
Walked	0.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	19.6%	15.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Mountain	Orem
1-unit, detached	81.2%	51.8%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Mountain	Orem
Poverty rate	3.9%	10.1%
Average household size	4.18	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	2010	1988