Orem vs Spanish Fork

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

Orem and Spanish Fork 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 43,632 in Spanish Fork). Spanish Fork has the higher median household income ($98,497 vs $81,292 in Orem). Spanish Fork has the higher median home value ($444,200 vs $439,000 in Orem).

Population, income & housing

	Orem	Spanish Fork
Population	97,048	43,632
Median age	26.9 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,292	$98,497
Median home value	$439,000	$444,200
Median gross rent	$1,405	$1,417
Housing units	32,027	12,200
Homeownership rate	58.2%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orem	Spanish Fork
Population	96,725 → 97,048 (+0.3%)	39,371 → 43,632 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$64,590 → $81,292 (+25.9%)	$78,490 → $98,497 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$272,000 → $439,000 (+61.4%)	$273,600 → $444,200 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,034 → $1,405 (+35.9%)	$1,128 → $1,417 (+25.6%)

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

Spanish Fork

Population

39,37143,632

Median household income

$78,490$98,497

Median home value

$273,600$444,200

Median gross rent

$1,128$1,417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orem	Spanish Fork
Under 5	7.7%	10.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	26.0%
18 to 24	18.6%	11.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	7.3%	6.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	5.6%
75 and over	4.2%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orem	Spanish Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	1.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orem	Spanish Fork
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	16.6%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orem	Spanish Fork
Drove alone	66.8%	73.1%
Carpooled	12.2%	10.8%
Public transit	2.2%	0.7%
Walked	2.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.2%	13.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orem	Spanish Fork
1-unit, detached	51.8%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	4.2%
20 or more units	10.7%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Orem	Spanish Fork
Poverty rate	10.1%	6.5%
Average household size	3.09	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1988	2000