The Salt Lake City–Murray metro houses about 1.28M people (per 2024 ACS 5-year Estimates ). Metro-wide, median household income is $98K, median home value is $515K, median age is 34, and 38% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor's degree. The neighborhood-level analysis below covers the metro's urbanized footprint — about 1.09M of those 1.28M residents. The dominant pattern across the maps is a high-value east-bench band running from the University of Utah campus south through Holladay and the foothills above Sandy down to Draper, set against a lower-value, younger, less-degreed corridor through West Valley City and the South Salt Lake industrial belt.
Median home value
The top cluster is around East Salt Lake City at $918K, nearly double the metro median of $515K. That area sits on the east bench beside the University of Utah campus, which neighbors Federal Heights and the Avenues . The next-highest cluster is around Draper at $879K, a southern-tier city that has grown into a tech hub hosting headquarters for HealthEquity, Pluralsight, and 1-800 Contacts. The remaining top clusters extend the same east-bench band: another East Salt Lake City pocket at $811K, and two clusters east of Sandy at $780K and $777K, sitting on the Wasatch Range slopes above the valley floor. The bottom clusters fall on the opposite side of the valley: East of Taylorsville at $287K, South Salt Lake City at $351K, South of Salt Lake City at $353K, Tooele at $357K, and West of South Salt Lake at $362K.
Median household income
Incomes mirror the same east-bench geography. The top clusters are East of Sandy at $170K and $161K, East Salt Lake City at $151K, South of Riverton at $143K, and East of Millcreek at $140K. The bottom clusters all sit in or just west of the central valley floor: West of South Salt Lake at $56K, South Salt Lake City at $59K and $62K, North of Murray at $66K, and North of Sandy at $70K. The metro reference is $98K.
Median age
The metro median is 34, on the young end among large US metros. The oldest clusters are East of Murray at 47, East of Sandy at 43 and 42, Holladay at 42, and Murray at 41 — established east-side suburbs. The youngest clusters are West Valley City at 30, North West Valley City at 30, South of Salt Lake City at 30, and two clusters around North of Herriman at 30. West Valley City's youth tracks with its demographics: it is Utah's second-most populous city, with a Hispanic/Latino share that grew from 18% in 2000 to 39% by 2020 and a citywide median age of 31 .
Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree
The east-bench dominance is sharpest here. The top clusters are East Salt Lake City at 78% and 75%, East of Millcreek at 65%, East of Salt Lake City at 61%, and a South Salt Lake City pocket at 61%. The bottom clusters all sit on the west side of the valley: East West Valley City at 12%, North West Valley City at 13%, East Magna metro township at 14%, West Valley City at 14%, and South of Salt Lake City at 16%. The metro reference is 38%.
Where the metrics overlap
The east-bench band lines up across every wealth and education metric: East Salt Lake City tops home value, income, and bachelor's share simultaneously, and the two east-of-Sandy clusters appear in the top group for home value, income, and age. The opposite pole is also coherent — the West Valley City corridor sits at the bottom of education and age together, and the southwestern South Salt Lake City and West-of-South-Salt-Lake clusters bottom out on home value and income together. The clearest divergence is the South Salt Lake City pocket that lands in the top group for bachelor's share at 61% while sitting in the bottom group for household income at $59K — a pattern consistent with young, degree-holding renters rather than established high earners.
Key Takeaways
- The metro median home value is $515K, median household income is $98K, median age is 34, and 38% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor's degree.
- East Salt Lake City, on the east bench beside the University of Utah, tops home value at $918K, income at $151K, and bachelor's share at 78%.
- Draper anchors a separate high-value pocket at $879K, driven by tech employers headquartered there.
- The foothills east of Sandy carry the highest incomes in the metro at $170K and $161K.
- The West Valley City corridor anchors the bottom of education at 12%–14% and skews youngest at age 30.
- East of Taylorsville posts the metro's lowest home value at $287K, well below the metro median of $515K.