Salt Lake City is a relatively large city located in the state of Utah. With a population of 204,657 people and 54 associated neighborhoods, Salt Lake City is the largest community in Utah.
Housing costs in Salt Lake City are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Utah.
Also of interest is that Salt Lake City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Of important note, Salt Lake City is also a city of artists. Salt Lake City has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Salt Lake City’s character.
A relatively large number of people in Salt Lake City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.94% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Salt Lake City is a nice balance between life in a moderately big city and the interesting diversions and culture that come from having a big college student population. The thousands of students who arrive on campus every fall will find that Salt Lake City has plenty of amenities and opportunities for them, while residents of Salt Lake City enjoy the lectures, music, art, and economic trickle-down that colleges typically provide. "Town and Gown" complement each other in Salt Lake City.
Not only is Salt Lake City a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a decent-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.
Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Salt Lake City is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the bus helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Salt Lake City area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Salt Lake City, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Salt Lake City is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 50.22% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Salt Lake City in 2022 was $46,972, which is wealthy relative to Utah and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $187,888 for a family of four. However, Salt Lake City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Salt Lake City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Salt Lake City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Salt Lake City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Salt Lake City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.87% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Salt Lake City include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
In addition, Salt Lake City has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.38%).
The most common language spoken in Salt Lake City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.