Payson vs Santaquin

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

Payson and Santaquin 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 15,391 in Santaquin). Santaquin has the higher median household income ($95,175 vs $84,286 in Payson). Santaquin has the higher median home value ($434,700 vs $388,200 in Payson).

Population, income & housing

	Payson	Santaquin
Population	22,205	15,391
Median age	29.3 yrs	27.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,286	$95,175
Median home value	$388,200	$434,700
Median gross rent	$1,393	$1,165
Housing units	6,941	4,273
Homeownership rate	82.2%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Payson	Santaquin
Population	19,842 → 22,205 (+11.9%)	11,684 → 15,391 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$67,272 → $84,286 (+25.3%)	$72,171 → $95,175 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$231,000 → $388,200 (+68.1%)	$251,600 → $434,700 (+72.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,017 → $1,393 (+37.0%)	$997 → $1,165 (+16.9%)

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

Santaquin

Population

11,68415,391

Median household income

$72,171$95,175

Median home value

$251,600$434,700

Median gross rent

$997$1,165

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Payson	Santaquin
Under 5	7.0%	11.4%
5 to 17	23.8%	27.8%
18 to 24	12.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	16.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	8.4%	6.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	4.7%
75 and over	4.2%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Payson	Santaquin
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	79.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	1.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Payson	Santaquin
No high school diploma	7.5%	5.9%
High school graduate	28.1%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Payson	Santaquin
Drove alone	73.8%	74.9%
Carpooled	11.2%	10.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	12.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Payson	Santaquin
1-unit, detached	77.6%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	2.7%
20 or more units	2.1%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Payson	Santaquin
Poverty rate	6.5%	3.7%
Average household size	3.30	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1994	2005