Davis County vs Salt Lake County

A side-by-side comparison of Davis County and Salt Lake County: population, income, housing, and more.

Davis County and Salt Lake County are counties in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Salt Lake County has the higher population (1,184,689 vs 366,742 in Davis County). Davis County has the higher median household income ($108,058 vs $94,658 in Salt Lake County). Salt Lake County has the higher median home value ($484,500 vs $470,500 in Davis County).

Population, income & housing

	Davis County	Salt Lake County
Population	366,742	1,184,689
Median age	32.3 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$108,058	$94,658
Median home value	$470,500	$484,500
Median gross rent	$1,516	$1,493
Housing units	118,581	440,166
Homeownership rate	77.4%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Davis County	Salt Lake County
Population	345,767 → 366,742 (+6.1%)	1,133,646 → 1,184,689 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$83,310 → $108,058 (+29.7%)	$74,865 → $94,658 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$290,300 → $470,500 (+62.1%)	$305,700 → $484,500 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,105 → $1,516 (+37.2%)	$1,118 → $1,493 (+33.5%)

Davis County

Population

345,767366,742

Median household income

$83,310$108,058

Median home value

$290,300$470,500

Median gross rent

$1,105$1,516

Salt Lake County

Population

1,133,6461,184,689

Median household income

$74,865$94,658

Median home value

$305,700$484,500

Median gross rent

$1,118$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Davis County	Salt Lake County
Under 5	7.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	23.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.2%
75 and over	4.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Davis County	Salt Lake County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	67.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	1.9%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	1.5%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Davis County	Salt Lake County
No high school diploma	4.0%	8.3%
High school graduate	21.1%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Davis County	Salt Lake County
Drove alone	72.9%	66.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.8%
Public transit	1.2%	2.3%
Walked	1.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	16.2%	17.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Davis County	Salt Lake County
1-unit, detached	75.5%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	9.1%
20 or more units	5.7%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Davis County	Salt Lake County
Poverty rate	6.0%	8.4%
Average household size	3.18	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1993	1985