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Salt Lake City vs South Jordan

Salt Lake City, UT compared with South Jordan, UT · 16 miles apart

Salt Lake City has 218,428 residents to South Jordan’s 87,614. Salt Lake City comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, bachelor's degree +. South Jordan does better on median household income, homeownership, poverty rate.

Salt Lake City, UT South Jordan, UT
Population 218,428 87,614
Density (per sq mi) 1,970 3,401
Median household income $75,090 $134,047
Median home value $539,500 $650,500
Median rent $1,414 $1,991
Homeownership 45.8% 81.4%
Average commute 19.5 min 24.1 min
Median age 32.9 36.2
Bachelor's degree + 51.5% 47.9%
Poverty rate 13.6% 3.7%
Unemployment 4.2% 2.4%
Price to income 7.2× 4.9×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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