Population & Demographics
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City is home to 208,007 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 98,852 resident workers commute each day.
208,007 residents
Median age 32.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Salt Lake City population & demographics
Who lives in Salt Lake City — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Salt Lake City
How Salt Lake City breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Salt Lake City
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Salt Lake City.
These figures are for Salt Lake City proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Salt Lake City commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Salt Lake City
98,852 commutes, one dot at a time
Salt Lake City
Where 98,852 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Salt Lake City, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Salt Lake City.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Salt Lake City’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
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