Salt Lake County, Utah

24 cities & places have their primary county here.

Population: 1,184,689
Median household income: $94,658
Median home value: $484,500

Salt Lake County is a county in Utah with a population of 1,184,689. 24 cities and places have their primary county here. Its median household income of $94,658 runs in line with the Utah figure of $91,750.

From 2019 to 2023, Salt Lake County's population grew 4.5% from 1,133,646 to 1,184,689, while its median household income rose 26.4% from $74,865 to $94,658.

Owners occupy 67.0% of the area's occupied homes. The median resident is 33.8 years old.

Demographics

ACS 2019–2023

Population: 1,184,689
Median age: 33.8 yrs
Median household income: $94,658
Median home value: $484,500
Median gross rent: $1,493
Housing units: 440,166
Homeownership rate: 67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 38.6%
Unemployment rate: 3.7%

Trends

ACS 5-year · 2019–2023

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

Year	Population	Median household income	Median home value	Median gross rent
2019	1,133,646	$74,865	$305,700	$1,118
2020	1,146,215	$77,128	$336,100	$1,176
2021	1,173,331	$82,206	$367,300	$1,258
2022	1,180,643	$90,011	$440,400	$1,394
2023	1,184,689	$94,658	$484,500	$1,493

Each year is a US Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimate ending that year.

Age distribution

Under 56.6%

5 to 1719.3%

18 to 249.8%

25 to 3416.3%

35 to 4414.8%

45 to 5411.7%

55 to 649.9%

65 to 747.2%

75 and over4.3%

	Count	Share
Under 5	78,006	6.6%
5 to 17	228,338	19.3%
18 to 24	115,851	9.8%
25 to 34	193,465	16.3%
35 to 44	175,834	14.8%
45 to 54	138,654	11.7%
55 to 64	117,404	9.9%
65 to 74	85,878	7.2%
75 and over	51,259	4.3%

Race & ethnicity

	Count	Share
White (non-Hispanic)	804,254	67.9%
Black or African American	19,552	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5,757	0.5%
Asian	48,154	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	17,828	1.5%
Some other race	4,896	0.4%
Two or more races	47,594	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	236,654	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

No high school diploma8.3%

High school graduate22.2%

Some college or associate's30.9%

Bachelor's degree24.6%

Graduate or professional degree14.0%

	Count	Share
No high school diploma	63,219	8.3%
High school graduate	169,080	22.2%
Some college or associate's	235,642	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	187,544	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	107,009	14.0%

Commute to work

Mean travel time to work: 22 min

Drove alone66.8%

Carpooled9.8%

Public transit2.3%

Walked1.7%

Bicycle0.6%

Worked from home17.7%

Other means1.1%

How workers get to work

	Count	Share
Drove alone	417,300	66.8%
Carpooled	61,498	9.8%
Public transit	14,490	2.3%
Walked	10,913	1.7%
Bicycle	3,498	0.6%
Worked from home	110,744	17.7%
Other means	6,574	1.1%

Travel time

	Count	Share
Under 15 min	133,700	26.0%
15 to 29 min	241,147	46.9%
30 to 44 min	95,977	18.7%
45 to 59 min	24,640	4.8%
60+ min	18,809	3.7%

Households

Average household size: 2.80
Poverty rate: 8.4% (97,689 of 1,168,735)

	Count	Share
Family households	279,341	67.1%
Nonfamily households	137,248	32.9%

Housing

Median year structure built: 1985

Occupancy

	Count	Share
Occupied	416,589	94.6%
Vacant	23,577	5.4%

Tenure (of occupied units)

	Count	Share
Owner-occupied	279,101	67.0%
Renter-occupied	137,488	33.0%

1-unit, detached60.8%

1-unit, attached8.8%

2 to 4 units5.8%

5 to 19 units9.1%

20 or more units13.6%

Mobile home & other1.8%

Units in structure

	Count	Share
1-unit, detached	267,522	60.8%
1-unit, attached	38,780	8.8%
2 to 4 units	25,579	5.8%
5 to 19 units	40,148	9.1%
20 or more units	60,043	13.6%
Mobile home & other	8,094	1.8%

Geography

County GEOID: 49035
State: Utah
Land area: 753 sq mi
Water area: 53 sq mi
Center point: 40.6679, -111.9242