Housing in Northwest at a glance
- Population
- about 34,154
- Housing units
- about 12,926
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $380,000Salt Lake City: $539,500 (-30%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,360 a monthSalt Lake City: $1,414 (-4%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 56.9%Salt Lake City: 45.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 57.7%
- Median year built
- 1975
Northwest, on the north-west side of Salt Lake City, sits in the lower part of the value range: a median of $380,000 is 30% below the city's level and ranks seventh among eight sectors. Owners outnumber renters at 56.9%, ahead of the 45.8% across Salt Lake City by 11.1 points, which puts the sector fourth on that measure, and the housing is of middling age, with a typical build date of 1975 and 57.7% of homes from before 1980. Its neighbours show where it stands. West Salt Lake costs less, at $359,000, while Capitol Hill reaches $459,000 and Downtown $504,000, the latter with just 21.1% owners and mostly newer buildings. Rent of $1,360 is only a little under the city's $1,414 and ranks fifth, so the price difference appears in buying far more than in renting, and anyone comparing the sector with Downtown will notice how much older its homes are.
Questions about Northwest
What is the median home value in Northwest, Salt Lake City?
$380,000 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 Northwest?
$1,360 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 Northwest own or rent?
Most own: 56.9% 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 6 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.
Northwest is one of the 8 community master plan areas of Salt Lake City: estimated population about 34,154 (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 Northwest
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 Northwest. 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 Northwest? Ask for your spot.