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Salt Lake City, Utah: commercial real estate data.
Salt Lake City is a Census city of 208,007 people across 110.89 square miles of land, in Salt Lake County. Median household income is $75,090, 45.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 863 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $546.9 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Salt Lake City
What Salt Lake City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area110.89 sq mi
- Water area0.45 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,876
- County holding the largest share of its areaSalt Lake County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Salt Lake City
- Population208,007
- Median age32.9
- Population under 1834,014
- Share under 1816.4 percent
- Population 65 and over26,103
- Share 65 and over12.5 percent
- Households92,652
- Family households40,987
- Share of households that are families44.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Salt Lake City
- Median household income$75,090
- Per capita income$51,173
- Civilian labor force129,830
- Employed124,315
- Unemployed5,515
- Unemployment rate4.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over141,514
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher51.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Salt Lake City
- Housing units101,188
- Occupied units92,652
- Vacant units8,536
- Vacancy rate8.4 percent
- Owner occupied42,474
- Renter occupied50,178
- Ownership rate45.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$539,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,414
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.6 percent
- Single family units47,822
- Share single family47.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more52,415
- Share in buildings of two or more51.8 percent
- Mobile homes802 plus or minus 241
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Salt Lake City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute96,450
- Commuting under 15 minutes35,197
- Share commuting under 15 minutes36.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more18,973
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.7 percent
- Drove alone57.5 percent
- Carpooled8.5 percent
- Public transport4.8 percent
- Walked5.1 percent
- Worked from home20.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Salt Lake City (7(a))
- Approvals863
- Gross approval$546,929,000
- Average approval$633,753
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,695,480
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported13,787
- Jobs per approval16.0
- Loans with a final outcome183
- Paid in full175
- Charged off8
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans4.4 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more13.7 percent
- Share to franchises9.0 percent
- Distinct lenders73
- Distinct industries by NAICS256
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Salt Lake City, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Salt Lake City (504)
- Approvals419
- Gross approval$322,046,000
- Average approval$768,606
- Median approval$497,000
- Largest approval$5,125,000
- Jobs supported4,730
- Loans with a final outcome160
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs6
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Salt Lake City, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Salt Lake City
- NFIP communityCity of Salt Lake City
- NFIP community number490105
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date11/19/21
The City of Salt Lake City participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 490105 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Salt Lake County, not Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County context, not Salt Lake City figures
- Establishments in Salt Lake County35,732
- Covered employment, Salt Lake County796,203
- Average annual pay, Salt Lake County$77,495
- Housing units permitted, Salt Lake County4,550
Every figure in this section is published for Salt Lake County as a whole and is not a measurement of Salt Lake City.
All Salt Lake County figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Salt Lake City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Salt Lake City, Utah?
208,007, in 92,652 households. Salt Lake City city covers 110.89 square miles of land, which is 1,876 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Salt Lake City in?
Salt Lake County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Salt Lake City?
$75,090. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $539,500. Median gross rent is $1,414 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Salt Lake City businesses?
863 7(a) approvals totaling $546.9 m since FY2020, across 73 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 419 504 approvals worth $322.0 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Salt Lake City, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Salt Lake City borrowers get paid back?
Of the 183 loans that have reached a final outcome, 175 were paid in full and 8 charged off, a charge off rate of 4.4 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Salt Lake City in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Salt Lake City appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Salt Lake City, city of, community 490105, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Salt Lake City figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Salt Lake County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Salt Lake City.
Is zoning published for Salt Lake City?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.