Orem vs Saratoga Springs

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

Orem and Saratoga Springs 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 44,070 in Saratoga Springs). Saratoga Springs has the higher median household income ($123,619 vs $81,292 in Orem). Saratoga Springs has the higher median home value ($567,200 vs $439,000 in Orem).

Population, income & housing

	Orem	Saratoga Springs
Population	97,048	44,070
Median age	26.9 yrs	23.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,292	$123,619
Median home value	$439,000	$567,200
Median gross rent	$1,405	$2,206
Housing units	32,027	11,457
Homeownership rate	58.2%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orem	Saratoga Springs
Population	96,725 → 97,048 (+0.3%)	29,161 → 44,070 (+51.1%)
Median household income	$64,590 → $81,292 (+25.9%)	$102,531 → $123,619 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$272,000 → $439,000 (+61.4%)	$340,700 → $567,200 (+66.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,034 → $1,405 (+35.9%)	$1,485 → $2,206 (+48.6%)

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

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)

	Orem	Saratoga Springs
Under 5	7.7%	11.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	30.8%
18 to 24	18.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	7.3%	4.0%
65 to 74	5.7%	3.4%
75 and over	4.2%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orem	Saratoga Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orem	Saratoga Springs
No high school diploma	6.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	16.6%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	34.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orem	Saratoga Springs
Drove alone	66.8%	64.6%
Carpooled	12.2%	8.1%
Public transit	2.2%	0.8%
Walked	2.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.2%	23.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orem	Saratoga Springs
1-unit, detached	51.8%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	5.8%
20 or more units	10.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orem	Saratoga Springs
Poverty rate	10.1%	5.3%
Average household size	3.09	4.05
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1988	2011