Lehi vs Orem

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

Lehi 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 81,039 in Lehi). Lehi has the higher median household income ($125,860 vs $81,292 in Orem). Lehi has the higher median home value ($567,100 vs $439,000 in Orem).

Population, income & housing

	Lehi	Orem
Population	81,039	97,048
Median age	26.6 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$125,860	$81,292
Median home value	$567,100	$439,000
Median gross rent	$1,798	$1,405
Housing units	23,193	32,027
Homeownership rate	77.1%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lehi	Orem
Population	64,006 → 81,039 (+26.6%)	96,725 → 97,048 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$95,510 → $125,860 (+31.8%)	$64,590 → $81,292 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$353,100 → $567,100 (+60.6%)	$272,000 → $439,000 (+61.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,478 → $1,798 (+21.7%)	$1,034 → $1,405 (+35.9%)

Lehi

Population

64,00681,039

Median household income

$95,510$125,860

Median home value

$353,100$567,100

Median gross rent

$1,478$1,798

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)

	Lehi	Orem
Under 5	9.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	27.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	10.7%	18.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	16.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	5.8%	7.3%
65 to 74	3.4%	5.7%
75 and over	2.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lehi	Orem
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	72.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	2.1%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.8%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lehi	Orem
No high school diploma	2.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	14.9%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.3%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lehi	Orem
Drove alone	66.3%	66.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	12.2%
Public transit	1.2%	2.2%
Walked	0.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	22.8%	15.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lehi	Orem
1-unit, detached	72.8%	51.8%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	11.1%
20 or more units	2.9%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Lehi	Orem
Poverty rate	4.8%	10.1%
Average household size	3.58	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	2007	1988