Salt Lake County vs Utah County

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

Salt Lake County and Utah 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 683,622 in Utah County). Utah County has the higher median household income ($96,877 vs $94,658 in Salt Lake County). Utah County has the higher median home value ($489,200 vs $484,500 in Salt Lake County).

Population, income & housing

	Salt Lake County	Utah County
Population	1,184,689	683,622
Median age	33.8 yrs	25.5 yrs
Median household income	$94,658	$96,877
Median home value	$484,500	$489,200
Median gross rent	$1,493	$1,441
Housing units	440,166	203,308
Homeownership rate	67.0%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salt Lake County	Utah County
Population	1,133,646 → 1,184,689 (+4.5%)	605,490 → 683,622 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$74,865 → $94,658 (+26.4%)	$74,665 → $96,877 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$305,700 → $484,500 (+58.5%)	$305,500 → $489,200 (+60.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,118 → $1,493 (+33.5%)	$1,060 → $1,441 (+35.9%)

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

Utah County

Population

605,490683,622

Median household income

$74,665$96,877

Median home value

$305,500$489,200

Median gross rent

$1,060$1,441

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salt Lake County	Utah County
Under 5	6.6%	8.7%
5 to 17	19.3%	23.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	16.8%
25 to 34	16.3%	15.0%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	4.7%
75 and over	4.3%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salt Lake County	Utah County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	78.9%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	4.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.8%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salt Lake County	Utah County
No high school diploma	8.3%	4.6%
High school graduate	22.2%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salt Lake County	Utah County
Drove alone	66.8%	66.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	10.1%
Public transit	2.3%	1.9%
Walked	1.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.5%
Worked from home	17.7%	17.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salt Lake County	Utah County
1-unit, detached	60.8%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	9.8%
20 or more units	13.6%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Salt Lake County	Utah County
Poverty rate	8.4%	8.7%
Average household size	2.80	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1985	1999