Housing in Central City at a glance
- Population
- about 51,699
- Housing units
- about 30,526
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $537,000Salt Lake City: $539,500 (-1%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,350 a monthSalt Lake City: $1,414 (-4%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 31.4%Salt Lake City: 45.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 65.4%
- Median year built
- 1961
Near the middle of Salt Lake City, Central City is mostly a renters' neighbourhood: only 31.4% of households own their home, which is 14.4 points short of the 45.8% across the city, and the owner share ranks sixth of eight. Home values sit almost level with Salt Lake City overall, $537,000 against $539,500, so the gap here lies in tenure rather than in price. Renters pay $1,350, a little under the $1,414 the city records, and 65.4% of the homes were built before 1980, the fifth-highest share. Avenues next door reaches $675,000 with an even older stock, while Downtown, at $504,000, is made up of far newer buildings, typically dating to 2009. Sugar House asks $1,650 in rent and has 60.6% owners, a very different mix from Central City's. On value the sector ranks fourth of eight, yet on rent only sixth.
Questions about Central City
What is the median home value in Central City, Salt Lake City?
$537,000 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 Central City?
$1,350 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 Central City own or rent?
Most rent: 31.4% 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 14 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.
Central City is one of the 8 community master plan areas of Salt Lake City: estimated population about 51,699 (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 Central City
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 Central City. 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 Central City? Ask for your spot.