Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety46#1,662/3,096
Economy98#74/3,143
Housing20#2,524/3,140
Health79#649/3,144
Healthcare91#281/3,143
Environment2#3,034/3,108
Education72#894/3,144
Infrastructure100#11/3,144
Community52#1,519/3,144
Leisure & amenities74#809/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Salt Lake County, Utah ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Adult smoking · low8.3%
99/100Utah 10.4%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average weekly wage · high$1,543
96/100Utah $1,333United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
New business applications · high21.7 /1k
96/100Utah 20.6 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Distance to an airport · low12 mi
95/100Utah 31 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Distance to an emergency room · low3.2 mi
95/100Utah 5.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Physical inactivity · low18.9%
95/100Utah 19.2%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Median Air Quality Index · high57
2/100Utah 502025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
High ozone days · high9 days
2/100Utah 6 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Students per teacher · high21.0×
2/100Utah 21.6×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Days with unhealthy air · high4.4%
3/100Utah 2.0%2025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Property crime rate · high2,252 /100k
5/100Utah 1,416 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Home price to income ratio · high5.4×
6/100Utah 5.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureImproving
100% (2021) → 79% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−21 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
23 days (2017) → 9 days (2022)
−61%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Voter turnoutWorsening
74.0% (2020) → 64.5% (2024)
−9.5 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
Homicide rateImproving
4.9 /100k (2021) → 2.6 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−47%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Arts, entertainment and recreationImproving
4.7 /10k (2020) → 6.7 /10k (2025)
+45%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k
Property crime rateImproving
3,963 /100k (2020) → 2,252 /100k (2025)
−43%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Salt Lake County, Utah improved on 16 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 11 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved16

Arts & recreation+45%4.7 /10k → 6.7 /10k
Real income+41%$53,155 → $74,785
Gyms+41%1.3 /10k → 1.8 /10k
Weekly wage+28%$1,203 → $1,543
Students / teacher−1.3×22.3× → 21.0×

Declined4

Transit use−1.5 points3.7% → 2.1%
Price / income+1.3×4.1× → 5.4×
Rent burden+4 points44.8% → 48.8%
Rent / income+1.6 points27.9% → 29.5%

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Salt Lake County, Utah between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.7 /10k2020	6.7 /10k2025	+45%	Improved	89%
Average commute time	22.4 min2015-2019	22.3 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	60%
Average weekly wage	$1,2032020	$1,5432025	+28%	Improved	77%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%2015-2019	39.4%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Improved	68%
Broadband subscriptions	87.8%2015-2019	93.8%2020-2024	+6 points	Improved	16%
Child poverty rate	10.6%2019	8.4%2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Distance to an airport	12 mi2020	12 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	97%
Drug overdose deaths	19.6 /100k2020	20.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+5.6%	Within the margin of error	21%
Effective property tax rate	0.67%2015-2019	0.50%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	67%
Firearm deaths	13.9 /100k2020	14.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+0.7%	Within the margin of error	47%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+5%	Within the margin of error	71%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.3 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+41%	Improved	83%
High school diploma or higher	90.8%2015-2019	91.9%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Improved	32%
Home price to income ratio	4.1×2015-2019	5.4×2020-2024	+1.3×	Declined	4%
Homicide rate	4.4 /100k2020	2.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−41%	Improved	64%
Income adjusted for local prices	$53,1552019	$74,7852024	+41%	Improved	87%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4342015-2019	0.4292020-2024	−0.005	Within the margin of error	63%
Median household income	$79,9412019	$99,0082024	+24%	Improved	45%
New business applications	16.2 /1k2020	21.7 /1k2025	+34%	Improved	37%
Pharmacies	1.3 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+14%	Within the margin of error	90%
Poverty rate	9.0%2019	7.9%2024	−1.1 points	Improved	70%
Property crime rate	3,963 /100k2020	2,252 /100k2025	−43%	Improved	63%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	+2.5%	Within the margin of error	72%
Public transit commuters	3.7%2015-2019	2.1%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Declined	12%
Rent as share of income	27.9%2015-2019	29.5%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Declined	31%
Rent-burdened households	44.8%2015-2019	48.8%2020-2024	+4 points	Declined	31%
Restaurants and bars	7.0 /10k2020	7.5 /10k2025	+7.9%	Within the margin of error	70%
Students per teacher	22.3×2019	21.0×2024	−1.3×	Improved	73%
Suicide rate	19.9 /100k2020	21.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+8%	Within the margin of error	39%
Traffic deaths	6.1 /100k2015-2019	6.5 /100k2020-2024	+5.5%	Within the margin of error	48%
Unemployment rate	5.3%2020	3.6%2025	−1.7 points	Improved	27%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.4%2019	9.6%2024	−1.8 points	Improved	66%
Violent crime rate	393 /100k2020	349 /100k2025	−11%	Improved	45%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Salt Lake County, Utah five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Salt Lake County, Utah in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Salt Lake County, Utah itself moved +1.4 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,196,523 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

426,245 households (±1,549)

Salt Lake County, Utah
Utah share

Under $25k9.0%38,212
$25k–50k13%57,253
$50k–75k15%64,453

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

426,245 households (±1,549)

Salt Lake County, Utah
Utah share

Own66%281,875
Rent34%144,370

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−1.0 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

634,662 workers (±3,820)

Salt Lake County, Utah
Utah share

Drive alone65%409,578
Carpool10%64,386
Public transit2.1%13,588

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Salt Lake County has 35,732 employer establishments, 296 for every 10,000 residents (1.19× the US rate of 248; 1.07× Utah's), with 693,721 paid employees at an average annual pay of $70,569. The Census Bureau also counts 116,901 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 35,732; 116,901 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 296; US 248 · Utah 277
Paid employees: 693,721
Average annual pay: $70,569; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Salt Lake County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	2,906	24.1	1.56×More than typical	32,535	$68,023	5,728
Ambulatory health care services	2,896	24	1.15×About typical	30,531	$70,706	4,079
Lessors of real estate	2,451	20.3	1.65×More than typical	9,223	$67,583	15,866
Restaurants and other eating places	2,180	18.1	0.98×About typical	43,320	$22,783	443
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,550	12.9	1.92×More than typical	8,822	$91,971	6,258
Real estate agents and brokers	1,197	9.9	2.04×More than typical	2,221	$72,406	3,087
Limited-service restaurants	1,078	8.9	1.11×About typical	21,986	$20,538	140
Construction of buildings	1,057	8.8	1.16×About typical	9,558	$87,115	2,736
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,008	8.4	1.24×About typical	8,992	$45,431	4,987
Building finishing contractors	953	7.9	2.08×More than typical	6,644	$57,955	2,110
Offices of other health practitioners	927	7.7	1.27×More than typical	5,137	$38,366	2,240
Building equipment contractors	913	7.6	1.26×More than typical	14,679	$73,387	907

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,205,509 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.6B on contracts performed in Salt Lake County, Utah: $1,284 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.6B; +7.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,284; US $1,994
Sole-source: 17%; US 30%
Single offer: 16%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

United States Mint$629.8M40%
Department of Veterans Affairs$324.2M21%
Department of the Navy$202.4M13%
Department of the Air Force$104.6M6.7%
Department of the Army$44.7M2.8%
Federal Aviation Administration$36.9M2.4%
U.S. Special Operations Command$32.9M2.1%
Federal Acquisition Service$23.5M1.5%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

750.5MFY2017
754.7MFY2018
814.8MFY2019
843.9MFY2020
1.2BFY2021
1.1BFY2022
1BFY2023
1.5B

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing · 3314$629.8M40%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$224.5M14%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$143.1M9.1%
Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$122.2M7.8%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$83.9M5.4%
Software publishers · 5132

Largest awards

NGJ LB CB1 DEVELOPMENT$265.1M
L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.· Salt Lake County, UT· Research & development· Aug 26, 2024 – May 11, 2026· N0001924C0061
TASK ORDER OF PCAC IDIQ FOR THE VISN 19 ESPC AT SALT LAKE CITY AND GRAND JUNCTION VAMCS.$201.6M
HSGS-AMERESCO, LLC· Salt Lake County, UT· Construction & real property· Jul 24, 2025 – Aug 25, 2026· 36C77625N0495
CMC CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE FRANK E. MOSS SEISMIC UPGRADE, BACKFILL, AND RENOVATION PROJECT LOCATED IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.$134.6M
BIG-D CONSTRUCTION CORP· Salt Lake County, UT· Construction & real property· Jul 14, 2021 – Aug 28, 2026· 47PJ0021C0045
AN/SRQ-4S, MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE MODULES, ON-BOARD REPAIR PARTS, AUTOLOADERS AND NON-RECURRING ENGINEERING

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $6.7B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Salt Lake County, Utah: $5,515 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $6.7B; −5.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,515; US $12,955
Loan face value: $2.6B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$3.2B48%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$648.1M9.6%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$603.5M9.0%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$416.1M6.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$328.8M4.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$284M4.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$262.5M3.9%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$216.6M3.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY$498.9M7.4%
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$325.3M4.8%
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
SL COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY$57.2M0.8%
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF SALT LAKE CITY$43.1M0.6%
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, THE$38M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$3.9B58%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$1.3B19%
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Education$630.4M9.4%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$385.3M5.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Institutes of Health$276.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

6.1BFY2021
5.6BFY2022
6BFY2023
6.6BFY2024
7.1BFY2025
6.7BFY2026

County aggregates

83%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Salt Lake County, Utah compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Salt Lake County, Utah
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Salt Lake County, Utah and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
FY2017	$660	$1,436
FY2018	$657	$1,552
FY2019	$703	$1,654
FY2020	$711	$1,880
FY2021	$1,008	$1,810
FY2022	$887	$1,917
FY2023	$865	$2,079
FY2024	$1,193	$2,047
FY2025	$1,194	$2,165
FY2026	$1,284 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Salt Lake County, Utah and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
FY2017	$35.95	$93.28
FY2018	$27.68	$105
FY2019	$29.70	$128
FY2020	$42.69	$145
FY2021	$19.71	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Salt Lake County, Utah and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
FY2021	$1,872	$5,748
FY2022	$1,434	$5,221
FY2023	$1,432	$5,364
FY2024	$1,998	$5,501
FY2025	$1,745	$5,732
FY2026	$1,607

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Salt Lake County, Utah and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
FY2021	$119	$298
FY2022	$34.66	$357
FY2023	$52.75	$301
FY2024	$49.28	$319
FY2025	$130	$360
FY2026	$34.33

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Salt Lake County, Utah and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
FY2021	$102	$239
FY2022	$87.22	$185
FY2023	$117	$229
FY2024	$120	$229
FY2025	$123	$249
FY2026	$112

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Salt Lake County, Utah and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
FY2021	$272	$2,304
FY2022	$83.37	$2,197
FY2023	$148	$2,274
FY2024	$265	$2,267
FY2025	$224	$2,397
FY2026	$266

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Salt Lake County, Utah and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
FY2021	$1,144	$1,186
FY2022	$500	$465
FY2023	$164	$76.52
FY2024	$287	$120
FY2025	$286	$148
FY2026	$265

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Salt Lake County, Utah
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Salt Lake County, Utah and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
2014	2.4%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/49035

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Salt Lake County, Utah is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Metro area

The metro or micro area Salt Lake County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT71Central county

Cities and towns in Salt Lake County

Places whose residents live mostly in Salt Lake County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
2014	−5.6%	−4.2%
2015	−2.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+3.3%
2018	+7.2%	+6.8%
2019	+12.3%	+10.5%
2020	+22.3%	+19.4%
2021	+29.6%	+26.1%
2022	+37.7%	+30.6%
2023	+44.1%	+35.0%
2024	+51.4%	+41.0%
2025	+56.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
2014	−8.9%	−5.5%
2015	−3.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.0%	+4.1%
2018	+9.5%	+8.9%
2019	+14.3%	+13.5%
2020	+23.5%	+20.8%
2021	+39.9%	+32.1%
2022	+46.1%	+35.4%
2023	+56.2%	+42.9%
2024	+62.7%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
2014	4.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	5.7/1k	3.7/1k
2016	7.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	6.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	7.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	8.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	8.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	9.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	7.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	6.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	5.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
2014	−8.6%	−6.9%
2015	−4.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.4%	+4.7%
2018	+7.6%	+7.5%
2019	+16.9%	+14.0%
2020	+15.9%	+16.9%
2021	+17.9%	+21.0%
2022	+34.1%	+29.7%
2023	+37.4%	+34.9%
2024	+44.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
2014	−15.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.7% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+10.0% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+19.5% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+26.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+43.9% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+76.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+86.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+85.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+90.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+94.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
2014	3.5%	6.2%
2015	3.3%	5.3%
2016	3.1%	4.9%
2017	3.0%	4.4%
2018	2.9%	3.9%
2019	2.5%	3.7%
2020	5.3%	8.1%
2021	2.9%	5.4%
2022	2.4%	3.7%
2023	2.8%	3.6%
2024	3.3%	4.0%
2025	3.6%	4.3%

Calendar years	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
2014	11.9%	15.5%
2015	10.8%	14.7%
2016	9.4%	14.0%
2017	9.2%	13.4%
2018	9.0%	13.1%
2019	9.0%	12.3%
2020	7.0%	11.9%
2021	8.8%	12.8%
2022	7.7%	12.6%
2023	9.5%	12.5%
2024	7.9%	12.1%

Calendar years	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
2015	−3.7% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.0% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.5% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+16.8% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+21.6% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+43.8% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+53.0% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+52.4% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+53.1% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+53.7% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
2014	14.8%	13.5%
2015	12.2%	10.9%
2016	10.9%	10.0%
2017	11.0%	10.2%
2018	11.8%	10.4%
2019	11.4%	10.8%
2020	10.0%	10.4%
2021	11.0%	10.2%
2022	10.4%	9.5%
2023	10.0%	9.5%
2024	9.6%	9.8%

Calendar years	Salt Lake County, Utah	United States
2014	16.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	17.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	17.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	17.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	18.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	16.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	16.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	19.4/1k	16.2/1k
2022	19.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	22.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	20.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	21.7/1k	16.6/1k

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