Salt Lake City, UT

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

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2023 Population

1.26M

0.531% 1-year growth

US Senator

N/AMike Lee

Republican Party

US Senator

N/AJohn Curtis

Republican Party

2023 Median Age

33.7

1.2% 1-year increase

2023 Median Household Income

$95,045

5.28% 1-year growth

2023 Employed Population

673,516

1.1% 1-year growth

About

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None of the households in Salt Lake City, UT reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

Most people in Salt Lake City, UT drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 22.9 minutes. The average car ownership in Salt Lake City, UT was 2 cars per household.

Salt Lake City, UT borders Elko, NV, Heber, UT, Ogden-Clearfield, UT, Provo-Orem, UT, and Summit Park, UT.

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United States Utah

Population & Diversity

In N/A, there were N/A times more N/A residents (N/A people) in Salt Lake City, UT than any other race or ethnicity. There were N/A N/A and N/A N/A residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Diversity

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the MSA level, so we are showing data for Utah.

Most Common Origin

Mexico
98,749 ± 7,598 people
Venezuela
9,695 ± 2,414 people
India
8,976 ± 2,323 people

In 2022, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Utah was Mexico, the natal country of 98,749 Utah residents, followed by Venezuela with 9,695 and India with 8,976.

Foreign-Born Population

12.3%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

156k people

12.3%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

154k people

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Salt Lake City, UT compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Economy

The economy of Salt Lake City, UT employs 674k people. The largest industries in Salt Lake City, UT are Health Care & Social Assistance (77,723 people), Retail Trade (76,587 people), and Manufacturing (65,879 people), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($91,343), Utilities ($82,833), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($80,115).

Males in Utah have an average income that is 1.5 times higher than the average income of females, which is $54,550. The income inequality in Utah (measured using the Gini index) is 0.478, which is lower than than the national average.

Employment

Occupations

674k

2023 Value

± 6,776

1.1%

1 Year growth

± 1.44%

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Salt Lake City, UT, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (86,176 people), Management Occupations (81,408 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (61,273 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Salt Lake City, UT.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Utah (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

674k

2023 Value

± 6,776

1.1%

1 Year growth

± 1.44%

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Salt Lake City, UT, are Health Care & Social Assistance (77,723 people), Retail Trade (76,587 people), and Manufacturing (65,879 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Salt Lake City, UT, though some of these residents may live in Salt Lake City, UT and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$58,534

Median earning men ± $651

$40,391

Median earning women ± $476

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Public Administration ($79,576), Information ($79,431), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($79,246).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($56,729), Information ($52,899), and Public Administration ($52,863).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during N/A, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall N/A in employment by N/A%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in N/A.

Establishments by Size

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$5.37M
Finance and Insurance
$4.61M
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
$4.45M
Manufacturing

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Utah went to Donald J. Trump with 59.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (37.8%), followed by Chase Oliver (1.14%).

Mike Lee and John Curtis are the senators currently representing the state of Utah. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Utah is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2024 Election Results

N/ADonald J. Trump (59.4%)
Republican Party
N/AKamala Harris (37.8%)
Democratic Party
N/AChase Oliver (1.14%)
Libertarian Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Utah went to Donald J. Trump with 59.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (37.8%), followed by Chase Oliver (1.14%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Utah for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Utah

N/AMike Lee

Senator from Utah

Assumed office on January 3, 2011

N/AJohn Curtis

Senator from Utah

Assumed office on January 3, 2025

Mike Lee and John Curtis are the senators currently representing Utah.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Utah over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Utah

Utah is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Utah have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

In 2023, universities in Salt Lake City, UT awarded 66,594 degrees. The student population of Salt Lake City, UT in N/A is skewed towards N/A, with N/A male students and N/A female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Salt Lake City, UT are White (42,851 and 66.1%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (7,348 and 11.3%), Unknown (5,008 and 7.73%), and Black or African American (3,864 and 5.96%).

The median tuition costs in N/A are $7,735 for private four year colleges, and $8,175 and $28,697 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

Universities

In 2023 there were 264,717 students enrolled in Salt Lake City, UT, 41.3% men and 58.7% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in N/A with N/A records, of which N/A% were women and N/A% men.

Completions

Student Diversity

University

In N/A, N/A men were awarded degrees from institutions in Salt Lake City, UT, which is N/A times N/A than the N/A female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 42,851 degrees mean that there were 5.83 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 7,348 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in Salt Lake City, UT have an average commute time of 22.9 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Salt Lake City, UT is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Salt Lake City, UT is $95,045. In 2023, the county with the highest Median Household Income in Salt Lake City, UT was Summit County, UT with a value of $137,058, followed by Morgan County, UT and Wasatch County, UT, with respective values of $126,092 and $115,146.

Housing

Rent vs Own

N/A%

Homeownership

N/A

69.2%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2023

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Salt Lake City, UT compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

In 2023, the county with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Salt Lake City, UT was Summit County, UT with a value of $137,058, followed by Morgan County, UT and Wasatch County, UT, with respective values of $126,092 and $115,146.

The following map shows all of the counties in Salt Lake City, UT colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$95,045

Median Household Income

± $1,116

N/A

Number of Households

± 0

The following chart displays the households in Salt Lake City, UT distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Salt Lake City, UT is from Utah.

0.478

2022 Wage GINI in Utah

0.478

2021 Wage GINI in Utah

In 2022, the income inequality in Utah was 0.478 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0322% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Utah was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Utah in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Utah across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (67%)
Worked At Home (17.5%)
Carpooled (9.99%)

In 2023, 67% of workers in Salt Lake City, UT drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (17.5%) and those who carpooled to work (9.99%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

22.9 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Salt Lake City, UT have a shorter commute time (22.9 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 1.25% of the workforce in Salt Lake City, UT have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Salt Lake City, UT compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Salt Lake City, UT distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Salt Lake City, UT have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Salt Lake City, UT (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Salt Lake City, UT is White, followed by Hispanic and Other.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

90.6% of the population of Salt Lake City, UT has health coverage, with 60.7% on employee plans, 8% on Medicaid, 8.59% on Medicare, 12.3% on non-group plans, and 0.998% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Utah see 1741 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.23% increase from the previous year (1737 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1463 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 270 patients per year.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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1,741 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Utah

Primary care physicians in Utah see an average of 1,741 patients per year. This represents a 0.23% increase from the previous year (1,737 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Utah in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

9.38%

Uninsured

60.7%

Employer Coverage

Medicaid

8.59%

Medicare

12.3%

Non-Group

0.998%

Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Salt Lake City, UT changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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