Latest Census city estimates released May 14, 2026 · Population as of July 1, 2025 · Next city estimates scheduled for May 2027. Release schedule
West Jordan, Utah population is 116,812 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #264 nationally and #3 in Utah. Cost of living runs 0.9% above the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); the four-person spending scenario corresponds to modeled gross income of $124,283/yr (TY2026 tax assumptions; partial scenario excluding unverified local income tax). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
116,812 people live in West Jordan as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #264 largest U.S. city.
How big is West Jordan?
West Jordan covers 32.6 square miles of land and 0.0 square miles of water. Its population density is about 3,585 residents per square mile of land. Compare U.S. cities by land area →
Source detail: 2025 population
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population shrank 0.1% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 116,960 → 2025: 116,812 (-0.1%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
116,960
April 1, 2020
2020
117,060
July 1, 2020
2021
116,588
July 1, 2021
2022
117,390
July 1, 2022
2023
116,653
July 1, 2023
2024
116,762
July 1, 2024
2025
116,812
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 12.0% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
West Jordan is the #264 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #3 in Utah.
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Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
116,960
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
-148
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
-0.1%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
+50
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
+0.0%
within V2025 only
Density
3,585
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
32.6
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#264
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#3
of 255 in Utah
What is the median household income in West Jordan?
Same-period U.S. benchmarks: household income $80,734 ± $166; per-capita income $44,673 ± $122. Margins are at 90% confidence. Comparison badges describe point estimates; they are not significance tests.
Median household income is 34% above the U.S. median ($108,153 vs $80,734); 6.1% live in poverty, 6.4 points below the 12.5% U.S. estimate.
Median household income$108,153
US
West Jordan: $108,153 — 34% above the US median of $80,734.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data; censored rows retained in the distribution
West Jordan
$108,153
United States
$80,734
Income and poverty estimates for West Jordan from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
$108,153+34.0% vs US
±$3,084
Per capita income
$38,854-13.0% vs US
±$1,306
Population in poverty
6.1% ± 1.1 percentage points
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 48% above the U.S. median ($492,500 vs $332,700); median rent is 24% above ($1,757 vs $1,413); the ratio of median home value to median household income is 4.6× versus 4.1× nationally; this compares two distributions and does not measure an individual household's housing burden.
Median home value$492,500
US
West Jordan: $492,500 — 48% above the US median of $332,700.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data; censored rows retained in the distribution
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,747/mo
US
West Jordan: $1,747/mo — 62% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Same-period U.S. benchmarks: home value $332,700 ± $236; gross rent $1,413 ± $2. Comparison badges describe estimates and do not establish statistical significance.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median value, owner-occupied units
$492,500+48.0% vs US
±$8,009
Median gross rent
$1,757+24.3% vs US
±$54
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR (FY2026)
$1,747+0.6% vs US
Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area· 40th-percentile gross rent · HUD methodology
Owner-occupied share
77.2% ± 1.3 percentage points
of occupied housing units
Price-to-income ratio
4.6x± 0.15x approximate 90% MOE+10.5% vs US
median home value ÷ median household income · U.S. ratio: 4.1x
Rent-burdened (≥30% of income)
52.4% ± 6.5 percentage points+2.6% vs US
renters with a computed rent/income ratio · U.S. share: 51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
21.3% ± 4.3 percentage points-17.7% vs US
renters with a computed rent/income ratio · U.S. share: 25.9%
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2025 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for West Jordan. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
3.5%
West Jordan (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
67,973
2025 annual avg
Worked from home
19.3% ± 1.7 percentage points+28.0% vs US
share of workers 16+ working from home · U.S. share: 15.1% · ACS
County context — West Jordan sits in Salt Lake County:
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Salt Lake County
7.9%
$99,008
3.6%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from West Jordan's linked county in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2025 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Health care and social assistance (62)
79,275
$1,256 / wk
#2
Professional and technical services (54)
75,756
$2,400 / wk
#3
Retail trade (44-45)
70,766
$981 / wk
#4
Manufacturing (31-33)
61,934
$1,610 / wk
#5
Accommodation and food services (72)
57,031
$559 / wk
What workers earn in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Customer Service Representatives is the largest tracked occupation in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro (26,620 jobs, median $45,410/yr).
▸Show all 11 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Customer Service Representatives
26,620
$45,410
$21.83
Fast Food and Counter Workers
19,590
$29,070
$13.98
Office Clerks, General
16,260
$45,220
$21.74
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
15,630
$44,190
$21.25
Stockers and Order Fillers
11,650
$37,510
$18.04
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
20,870
$103,710
$49.86
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
20,330
$34,420
$16.55
Software Developers · benchmark
19,040
$129,600
$62.31
Registered Nurses · benchmark
14,070
$85,890
$41.30
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
12,340
$62,310
$29.96
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run within 1 point of the U.S. average (RPP 100.9); rents stand out at RPP 123.3 (23.3% above the U.S. average).
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 100.9
US
West Jordan's cost of living runs 0.9% above the U.S. average (RPP 100.9 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 100.9
+0.9% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,747/mo
FY2026 · Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area
State income tax (top marginal rate)
4.50%
flat · TY2026
Four-person monthly spending scenario
$10,357/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources; excludes unverified local income tax
One-person monthly spending scenario
$4,027/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources; excludes unverified local income tax
Local income tax
—
Unverified and excluded from the spending scenario; not a verified zero
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
12.4% ± 1.3 percentage points foreign-born (U.S. share 14.1%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (16.2% of residents 5+).
A quick read on West Jordan's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
These are K-12 public school districts. Higher education (colleges and universities) is not represented in this dataset.
Public school districts serving West Jordan, from the NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files (GRF25, 2024–25 school year boundaries). The join is many-to-many — large cities often span multiple districts, and one district often serves multiple cities. Sorted primary district first. See methodology §12 for the consolidated-city fallback and Milford CT special case.
Source: NCES EDGE GRF25 · school year 2024–25 · methodology →
What is the climate like in West Jordan?
Hottest month: July (91°F avg high). Coldest: January (23°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 15.4 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for West Jordan from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Composite risk score: 98.6/100 — Relatively High nationally; top hazard: Earthquake (99.6).
Natural-hazard exposure for West Jordan from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
County
NRI composite
Rating
Top hazards
Salt Lake County
98.6
Relatively High
Earthquake 99.6 Relatively High · Avalanche 99.1 Very High · Winter Weather 98.7 Very High
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in West Jordan?
14 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 95% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for West Jordan from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of December 31, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
14 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
14
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
95.3%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
95.3%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
40,856
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of December 31, 2025 · methodology →
In-state context.
West Jordan sits at state rank #3 among 255 cities in Utah. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Manchester, NH · #263 · 116,818 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Westminster, CO · #265 · 116,182 residents.
Quick travel facts for West Jordan
Quick travel facts.
Elevation
4,668 ft · at city centroid, from USGS 3D Elevation Program
Nearest scheduled-service airport
Salt Lake City International Airport(SLC) · 13 mi 21 km from city centroid
Best months to visit
Sep · months when the avg high sits in 65–80°F and precipitation is at or below the city's median monthly precip
Sources: elevation from USGS 3DEP · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (OurAirports type=large/medium and scheduled_service=yes; not an FAA service classification) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about West Jordan.
How many people live in West Jordan, UT?
West Jordan has 116,812 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #264 largest city in the United States and #3 in Utah. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is West Jordan growing or shrinking?
West Jordan has shrunk 0.1% since the April 2020 census baseline, losing 148 residents. The most recent year ticked up slightly (+50 residents, +0.0% from 2024 to 2025). Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
What was West Jordan's population in the 2020 census?
West Jordan covers 32.6 square miles of land, with a population density of about 3,585 residents per square mile. Source: Census Gazetteer 2025.
What is the median household income in West Jordan?
$108,153, about 34% above the U.S. median. Source: ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024.
SourceU.S. Census · PEP
VintageV2025
Reference2025-07-01
Place typeIncorporated place
GEOID4982950
Last build2026-10-09
Sources · provenance
Every listed dataset is used on this page.
The GEOID for West Jordan is 4982950. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
