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Payson city, Utah: commercial real estate data.
Payson city is a Census city of 23,039 people across 13.16 square miles of land, in Utah County. Median household income is $89,905, 82.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 56 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $20.2 m.
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Payson
What Payson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area13.16 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,751
- County holding the largest share of its areaUtah 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.
Payson
How many people live in Payson
- Population23,039
- Median age29.5
- Population under 187,083
- Share under 1830.7 percent
- Population 65 and over2,383
- Share 65 and over10.3 percent
- Households6,826
- Family households5,761
- Share of households that are families84.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Payson
Income and work in Payson
- Median household income$89,905
- Per capita income$30,564
- Civilian labor force11,812
- Employed11,129
- Unemployed683 plus or minus 305
- Unemployment rate5.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Adults 25 and over13,080
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.4 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Payson
Housing in Payson
- Housing units7,146
- Occupied units6,826
- Vacant units320 plus or minus 138
- Vacancy rate4.5 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Owner occupied5,602
- Renter occupied1,224
- Ownership rate82.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$429,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,549
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.7 percent
- Single family units5,941
- Share single family83.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more894 plus or minus 248
- Share in buildings of two or more12.5 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Mobile homes311 plus or minus 166
- Median year structure built1997
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Payson
How Payson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute9,184
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,863
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,608
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.4 percent
- Drove alone74.2 percent
- Carpooled8.4 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked0.5 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home14.5 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Payson
SBA 7(a) lending to Payson borrowers
- Approvals56
- Gross approval$20,176,400
- Average approval$360,293
- Median approval$200,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$745,000
- Largest approval$3,085,000
- Jobs supported611
- Jobs per approval10.9
- Loans with a final outcome18
- Paid in full18
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more21.4 percent
- Share to franchises3.6 percent
- Distinct lenders15
- Distinct industries by NAICS42
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Payson
SBA 504 lending to Payson borrowers
- Approvals36
- Gross approval$26,789,000
- Average approval$744,139
- Median approval$419,000
- Largest approval$3,549,000
- Jobs supported287
- Loans with a final outcome16
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Utah County, not Payson
Utah County context, not Payson figures
These are Utah County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Payson measurements.
- Establishments in Utah County17,568
- Employment at those establishments, Utah County274,566
- Covered employment, Utah County295,152
- Average annual pay, Utah County$62,648
- Average weekly wage, Utah County$1,205
- Housing units permitted, Utah County6,321
- Of those, single family, Utah County5,174
- County product, 2024, Utah County$47,943,081,000
- County product change over the prior year, Utah County9.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Utah County$88,791
Every figure in this section is published for Utah County as a whole and is not a measurement of Payson. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
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. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Payson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Payson, Utah?
23,039, in 6,826 households. Payson city covers 13.16 square miles of land, which is 1,751 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Payson in?
Utah 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 Payson?
$89,905. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $429,600. Median gross rent is $1,549 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Payson businesses?
56 7(a) approvals totalling $20.2 m, across 15 lenders, median approval $200,500, plus 36 504 approvals worth $26.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Payson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Payson borrowers get paid back?
Of the 18 loans that have reached a final outcome, 18 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Payson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Utah 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 Payson.
Is zoning published for Payson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.