City safety & data profile

OremUT

Orem, UT is a 94K-resident city in Utah County with a median household income of $83,342.

Utah County, Utah. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Orem, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Orem has a population larger than 92% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $472,300, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

94K
Population (place)
Top 8%
By size
$83,342
Median income (place)
$472,300
Median home (place)
10.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Orem

Orem posts a median household income higher than 53% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Orem area.

Top 47%
by median income, US cities
3
hospitals in & near Orem

Where Orem income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$83,342 Top 47% higher than 53% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Orem $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in UT

Population among 58 UT places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Salt Lake City is the largest UT city on this list; Highland leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in UT

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Highland posts the highest place-level median income in UT; Salt Lake City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Orem, UT beyond the headline numbers

Orem sits inside Utah County, Utah, at roughly 40.30°N, -111.69°W. Population 94,457, $83,342 median household income. Median home value $472,300, median rent $1,438. Poverty rate 10.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

3 hospitals in/around Orem, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 10.2%, poverty in Orem, UT runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Orem costs around 5.7 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

16.5% of Orem workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 8.6% in Orem, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

2.3% of Orem workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Orem's median age is 27 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Orem from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
94,457
Orem · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$83,342
-7% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$472,300
+14% vs avg
Median Age (place)
27
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Utah County): Orem's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
705K+33%
Median Income
$100,671+67%
Median Home Value
$538,700+143%
Poverty Rate
8.7%-38%
Unemployment
3.7%-49%

Economics

Economics indicators for Orem, UT
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,438/mo
Poverty Rate
10.2% -18% vs avg
Unemployment 3.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 43.6%
Work From Home 16.5%
Public Transit 2.3%

Population

White 76.1%
African American 0.9%
Asian 2%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
32.9%
Obesity
30.3%
High Blood Pressure
24.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.1%
Physical Inactivity
15.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
11.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.4%
Current Asthma
9.9%
Binge Drinking
8.6%
Diabetes
7.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 70.9%
Annual Checkup 68.8%

Other Measures

Current Smoking
6.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.2%
Stroke
2.2%

Hospitals 3 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
1
★★★
0
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
3
With ER
1
TIMPANOGOS REGIONAL HOSPITAL
OREM · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Orem?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Orem right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet UT-OREM · Orem

Orem: 2 tagged alerts; lead category ECCC weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 2 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% ca-weather
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Jose

Tagged alert mix: Orem

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 2 tagged notices on record for Orem.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: San Jose, CA (2 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Orem; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Utah state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (2 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

San Jose, CA 2 alerts Fresno, CA 2 alerts Pittsburgh, PA 2 alerts York, PA 2 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Orem, UT? ▼
Orem, UT has a population of 94,457 people, located in Utah County, Utah.
What is the median household income in Orem? ▼
The median household income in Orem, UT is $83,342 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 10.2%.
What is the median home value in Orem? ▼
The median home value in Orem, UT is $472,300. Median rent is $1,438/month.
What are the top health concerns in Orem? ▼
The top health indicators in Orem include Short Sleep Duration (32.9%), Obesity (30.3%), High Blood Pressure (24.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Orem? ▼
Orem has 3 hospitals with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Orem? ▼
The median age in Orem, UT is 27 years. 43.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Orem, both outside Utah so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside UT (10.2% here).

Vancouver, WA 10.2% Fairfield, CA 10.2% Deltona, FL 10.2% Cranston, RI 10.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside UT ($83,342 here).

Kennesaw, GA $83,356 White Oak, MD $83,370 Cedar Lake, IN $83,381 Nixa, MO $83,385

Compare Orem with another city

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Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Lindon, UT 11K Provo, UT 115K Pleasant Grove, UT 38K American Fork, UT 28K Cedar Hills, UT 10K Springville, UT 32K Highland, UT 18K Alpine, UT 10K
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Using Orem's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Orem area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Orem against Utah peers on any ranking lens. Explore Utah

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Utah County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.