Housing in Capitol Hill at a glance
- Population
- about 9,459
- Housing units
- about 6,243
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $459,000Salt Lake City: $539,500 (-15%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,510 a monthSalt Lake City: $1,414 (+7%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 25.4%Salt Lake City: 45.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 55.7%
- Median year built
- 1976
Capitol Hill, on the north-west side of Salt Lake City, is largely a renters' sector, with just 25.4% of households holding title, 20.4 points under the city's 45.8%. Owners put homes at $459,000, 15% beneath the $539,500 for Salt Lake City and sixth of eight, yet tenants pay $1,510, 7% above the city and third-highest. The stock is middle-aged, with a midpoint year of 1976 and 55.7% of homes predating 1980. Avenues, next door, values homes at $675,000 and has much older housing, with a midpoint year of 1945. Downtown reports $504,000, and Northwest comes to $380,000 with an owner share of 56.9%, a much higher share than Capitol Hill's, so the tenure pattern is what separates this sector from the ones around it. Even so, its rent ranks third of eight, so renting here costs more than in most of the city despite lower home values.
Questions about Capitol Hill
What is the median home value in Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City?
$459,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $539,500 for Salt Lake City as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Capitol Hill?
$1,510 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,414 in Salt Lake City (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Capitol Hill own or rent?
Most rent: 25.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 45.8% in Salt Lake City (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 3 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Capitol Hill is one of the 8 community master plan areas of Salt Lake City: estimated population about 9,459 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from Salt Lake City GIS, Master Planning Areas, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Salt Lake City as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Capitol Hill
The closest sectors of Salt Lake City, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Salt Lake City
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Capitol Hill. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Capitol Hill? Ask for your spot.