Housing in Sugar House at a glance
- Population
- about 30,454
- Housing units
- about 14,725
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $630,000Salt Lake City: $539,500 (+17%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,650 a monthSalt Lake City: $1,414 (+17%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 60.6%Salt Lake City: 45.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 75.7%
- Median year built
- 1954
Sugar House has the highest rent in Salt Lake City, $1,650, and a home value of $630,000 that ranks third among the eight sectors, 17% above the city. Ownership is the norm here, with 60.6% of households owning, 14.8 points over the citywide share and again third on that measure, yet rents still run well above the $1,414 across Salt Lake City. On the south-east side of the population centre, it sits between East Bench, where the value reaches $879,000 and 68.3% of households own, and Central City, at $537,000 with far fewer owners. Downtown, at $504,000, is the newest of the group, with only 20.2% of homes predating 1980. In Sugar House itself, 75.7% of homes predate 1980, and the typical building went up in 1954, which puts it among the older parts of town and third in the ranking, which fits a sector where owners outnumber renters and values sit well above the city's.
Questions about Sugar House
What is the median home value in Sugar House, Salt Lake City?
$630,000 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 Sugar House?
$1,650 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 Sugar House own or rent?
Most own: 60.6% 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.
Sugar House is one of the 8 community master plan areas of Salt Lake City: estimated population about 30,454 (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 Sugar House
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 Sugar House. 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 Sugar House? Ask for your spot.