Housing in West Salt Lake at a glance
- Population
- about 23,548
- Housing units
- about 8,794
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $359,000Salt Lake City: $539,500 (-34%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,290 a monthSalt Lake City: $1,414 (-9%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 61%Salt Lake City: 45.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 70.8%
- Median year built
- 1962
West Salt Lake has the lowest home value of Salt Lake City's eight sectors, $359,000, which is 34% under the $539,500 for the city overall. Rent is the lowest too, $1,290, against $1,414 citywide, so a household here pays less whether it buys or rents. Despite that, 61% of households own, the second-highest owner share in town and 15.2 points above the city, and 70.8% of the housing is older than 1980, with a typical date of 1962, which ranks fourth. Lying west of the population centre, the sector has quite different neighbours. Downtown has values of $504,000 and just 21.1% owners, Capitol Hill reaches $459,000 with 25.4% owners, and Central City, at $537,000, has 31.4% owners. West Salt Lake pairs the lowest prices in the city with a strong ownership base, which none of those neighbours can claim, since Downtown, Capitol Hill and Central City all have far smaller owner shares and a higher cost for the typical home.
Questions about West Salt Lake
What is the median home value in West Salt Lake, Salt Lake City?
$359,000 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 West Salt Lake?
$1,290 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 West Salt Lake own or rent?
Most own: 61% 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 5 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.
West Salt Lake is one of the 8 community master plan areas of Salt Lake City: estimated population about 23,548 (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 West Salt Lake
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 West Salt Lake. 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 West Salt Lake? Ask for your spot.