City safety & data profile
South Salt LakeUT
South Salt Lake, UT is a 25K-resident city in Salt Lake County with a median household income of $72,152.
Salt Lake County, Utah. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for South Salt Lake, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. South Salt Lake has a population larger than 55% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $410,200.
Data updated 2026-09-03
- 25K
- Population (place)
- Top 45%
- By size
- $72,152
- Median income (place)
- $410,200
- Median home (place)
- 15.8%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on South Salt Lake
South Salt Lake posts a median household income higher than 39% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.
- Bottom 40%
- by median income, US cities
Where South Salt Lake income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$72,152 Bottom 39% higher than 39% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
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.
- Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, UT
215,548 residents
- West Valley …
West Valley City, UT
136,208 residents
- Provo
Provo, UT
115,162 residents
- West Jordan
West Jordan, UT
111,946 residents
- Orem
Orem, UT
94,457 residents
- Sandy
Sandy, UT
87,461 residents
- Ogden 85,444
Ogden, UT
85,444 residents
- Layton 74,143
Layton, UT
74,143 residents
- Saint George 72,897
Saint George, UT
72,897 residents
- South Jordan 66,648
South Jordan, UT
66,648 residents
What this shows Salt Lake City is the largest UT city on this list; Highland leads median income.
Highest median incomes in UT
Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Highland
Highland, UT
$186,075 median
- Alpine
Alpine, UT
$168,929 median
- Cedar Hills
Cedar Hills, UT
$139,008 median
- South Jordan
South Jordan, UT
$134,047 median
- Syracuse
Syracuse, UT
$133,443 median
- Kaysville
Kaysville, UT
$133,026 median
- Lehi
Lehi, UT
$131,299 median
- Bluffdale
Bluffdale, UT
$129,531 median
- Draper
Draper, UT
$128,910 median
- Saratoga Spr…
Saratoga Springs, UT
$128,802 median
What this shows Highland posts the highest place-level median income in UT; Salt Lake City is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading South Salt Lake, UT beyond the headline numbers
South Salt Lake sits inside Salt Lake County, Utah, at roughly 40.72°N, -111.89°W. Population 24,788, $72,152 median household income. Median home value $410,200, median rent $1,451. Poverty rate 15.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
Poverty in South Salt Lake, UT stands at 15.8%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
The median home in South Salt Lake 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 South Salt Lake workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 16.1% in South Salt Lake, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
3.2% of South Salt Lake workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
South Salt Lake's median age is 31.4 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for South Salt Lake 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.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Salt Lake County): South Salt Lake'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.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 15.8% +27% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4.3% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 35.8% |
| Work From Home | 16.5% |
| Public Transit | 3.2% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
What alerts and safety updates affect South Salt Lake?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for South Salt Lake right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet UT-SOUTH-SALT-LAKE · South Salt Lake
South Salt Lake: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to South Salt Lake; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Utah state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 5
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for South Salt Lake, both outside Utah so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside UT (15.8% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside UT ($72,152 here).
Compare South Salt Lake with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using South Salt Lake'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 South Salt Lake 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 South Salt Lake 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 (Salt Lake 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.