Housing in East Bench at a glance
- Population
- about 28,726
- Housing units
- about 10,081
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $879,000Salt Lake City: $539,500 (+63%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,630 a monthSalt Lake City: $1,414 (+16%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 68.3%Salt Lake City: 45.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 81.3%
- Median year built
- 1957
East Bench tops Salt Lake City's eight sectors for home value, $879,000, which is 63% above the $539,500 recorded for the city overall, and it also has the highest owner share, with 68.3% of households owning, 22.5 points above the citywide level. Renting costs more here too: $1,630 ranks second among the sectors, behind only Sugar House at $1,650, and well above the $1,414 across the city. Housing leans old, with 81.3% of homes predating 1980 and a typical build year of 1957, a share exceeded only by Avenues at 84%. Avenues is the nearest rival on value, at $675,000, and Sugar House follows at $630,000, whereas Central City, with $537,000 and just 31.4% owners, reads like a different market altogether. The sector lies east of the city's population centre, so these neighbours, all with homes valued well below East Bench, are the natural points of comparison for anyone weighing it against the rest of the city.
Questions about East Bench
What is the median home value in East Bench, Salt Lake City?
$879,000 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 East Bench?
$1,630 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 East Bench own or rent?
Most own: 68.3% 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 8 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.
East Bench is one of the 8 community master plan areas of Salt Lake City: estimated population about 28,726 (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 East Bench
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 East Bench. 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 East Bench? Ask for your spot.