Lindon vs Payson

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

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

Payson has the higher population (22,205 vs 11,594 in Lindon). Lindon has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $84,286 in Payson). Lindon has the higher median home value ($638,300 vs $388,200 in Payson).

Population, income & housing

	Lindon	Payson
Population	11,594	22,205
Median age	30.0 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$84,286
Median home value	$638,300	$388,200
Median gross rent	$1,502	$1,393
Housing units	3,357	6,941
Homeownership rate	78.5%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lindon	Payson
Population	10,912 → 11,594 (+6.3%)	19,842 → 22,205 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$90,978 → $104,583 (+15.0%)	$67,272 → $84,286 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$401,200 → $638,300 (+59.1%)	$231,000 → $388,200 (+68.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,367 → $1,502 (+9.9%)	$1,017 → $1,393 (+37.0%)

Lindon

Population

10,91211,594

Median household income

$90,978$104,583

Median home value

$401,200$638,300

Median gross rent

$1,367$1,502

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)

	Lindon	Payson
Under 5	4.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	28.9%	23.8%
18 to 24	12.7%	12.3%
25 to 34	7.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	8.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	6.9%
75 and over	3.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lindon	Payson
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.8%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	17.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lindon	Payson
No high school diploma	3.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	17.0%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lindon	Payson
Drove alone	68.3%	73.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	11.2%
Public transit	0.7%	1.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	19.3%	12.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lindon	Payson
1-unit, detached	77.6%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	5.6%
20 or more units	4.6%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Lindon	Payson
Poverty rate	5.4%	6.5%
Average household size	3.50	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1997	1994