Provo vs Spanish Fork

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

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

Provo has the higher population (114,303 vs 43,632 in Spanish Fork). Spanish Fork has the higher median household income ($98,497 vs $62,800 in Provo). Spanish Fork has the higher median home value ($444,200 vs $437,100 in Provo).

Population, income & housing

	Provo	Spanish Fork
Population	114,303	43,632
Median age	23.7 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,800	$98,497
Median home value	$437,100	$444,200
Median gross rent	$1,152	$1,417
Housing units	36,000	12,200
Homeownership rate	39.9%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Provo	Spanish Fork
Population	116,403 → 114,303 (-1.8%)	39,371 → 43,632 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$48,888 → $62,800 (+28.5%)	$78,490 → $98,497 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$271,300 → $437,100 (+61.1%)	$273,600 → $444,200 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $1,152 (+31.4%)	$1,128 → $1,417 (+25.6%)

Provo

Population

116,403114,303

Median household income

$48,888$62,800

Median home value

$271,300$437,100

Median gross rent

$877$1,152

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)

	Provo	Spanish Fork
Under 5	5.8%	10.3%
5 to 17	13.2%	26.0%
18 to 24	39.4%	11.0%
25 to 34	15.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	5.7%	9.3%
55 to 64	5.3%	6.6%
65 to 74	3.7%	5.6%
75 and over	2.8%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Provo	Spanish Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	2.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	0.5%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Provo	Spanish Fork
No high school diploma	7.5%	5.8%
High school graduate	14.4%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Provo	Spanish Fork
Drove alone	57.4%	73.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	10.8%
Public transit	5.3%	0.7%
Walked	10.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.2%	13.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Provo	Spanish Fork
1-unit, detached	39.5%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	21.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	13.4%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Provo	Spanish Fork
Poverty rate	22.3%	6.5%
Average household size	2.98	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1982	2000