Salt Lake City Data Book 2020
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Utah’s Salt Lake City capital city demographic Data Book resource 2020 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SALT LAKE CITY CORPORATION Table of Contents Analysis in Brief . 3 Married-Couple Family Households with Subcounty Population and Household Estimates . 4 Children Under 18 . 62 Population Change . 6 Single Householders with Children Under 18 . 64 Rate of Population Change . 8 Family Households of Five or More Persons . 66 Change in Households . 10 Nonfamily Households . .. 68 Change in Renter-Occupied Units . 12 Householders Living Alone . .. 70 Change in Owner-Occupied Units . 14 Average Household Size . 72 Renter-Occupied Share of Households . 16 Socioeconomics . 74 Owner-Occupied Share of Households . 18 Median Household Income . 76 Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin . 21 Households with Income below Poverty Level . 78 Non-Hispanic White Population . 22 Population Age 25 and Over with Less than a Non-Hispanic Black Population . .. 24 High School Diploma or Equivalent . 80 Non-Hispanic American Indian and Population Age 25 and Over with a High School Alaska Native Population .. 26 Diploma or Equivalent . 82 Non-Hispanic Asian Population . 28 Population Age 25 and Over with Some College, Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian and Other No Degree . 84 Pacific Islander Population . 30 Population Age 25 and Over with an Associate’s Degree . .. 86 Non-Hispanic Some Other Race and Two or More Races . 32 Population Age 25 and Over with a Bachelor’s Hispanic Population . 34 Degree or Higher . 88 Minority Population . 36 Foreign-Born Population . 90 Moved in the last 12 months from within Utah . 92 Age . 39 Moved in the last 12 months from a different state . 94 Children Under Age 5 . 40 School-Age Population (5 to 17 years) . 42 Data Notes . 97 College-Age Population (18 to 24 years) . 44 Total Population . 98 Working-Age Population (25 to 64 years) . 46 Total Households . 100 Retirement-Age Population (65 years and over) . 48 Geography Notes . 102 Median Age . 50 Residential Addresses in Salt Lake City Households . 52 Salt Lake City Census Tracts and City Council Districts . 104 Households with Persons Under Age 18 . 54 Salt Lake City Census Tracts and Community Council Households with Persons Age 60 and Over . 56 Districts . 105 Family Households . 58 Share of Tract Population in City Boundary . 106 Married-Couple Family Households . 60 A special thanks to this report’s primary analysts, Mallory Bateman and Natalie Young Salt Lake City 2020 Data Book Analysis in Brief Describing the characteristics of Salt Lake City’s population with Districts 2, 4, and 6 having the highest overall shares . In and households at the neighborhood level reveals much more considering a variable not included in this book (foreign-born by about the diversity, opportunities, and challenges within its period of entry), we can see some alignment with higher shares of population than does a set of citywide metrics . The tables non-Hispanic Asian population and areas with larger populations and maps in this data book provide many opportunities to of foreign-born individuals who entered the US after 2010 . understand the city’s diverse characteristics in great detail . The 2020 Salt Lake City Data Book presents maps and data Several variables included in this book have a visible geographic sharing the most recent data about the city’s population, divide, with I-15 drawing a boundary that leaves City Council housing units, and related characteristics . Salt Lake City Districts 1 and 2 to the west and Districts 3 through 7 to the Corporation sponsored the research . east . Some of the visibly different characteristics of the western This book utilizes two primary data sources: districts are: • 2019 subcounty population and housing estimates • Larger shares of the populations identifying as Hispanic or produced by the Kem C . Gardner Policy Institute . Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander • Demographic and socioeconomic information from the • Younger populations, higher shares of children, and American Community Survey 2014-2018 5-year Estimates higher shares of large households than the central or east (ACS) . areas of the city • Lower educational attainment in adults The ACS estimates for population and households provide the denominator for all socioeconomic characteristics . The However, not all of the topics in this data book demonstrate 2019 subcounty estimates are not (and should not be) used to an east/west divide . Nor should the east side be considered derive shares of ACS data . uniform . For example, City Council District 4, in the center More information about these sources is in the Subcounty of Salt Lake, is unique in many respects . In some estimates, Population and Household Estimates and Data Notes sections it seems more similar to western districts, but in others, the of this document . eastern districts . It has: • The lowest estimated median household income in Geography the city (much more similar to western districts than The Gardner Institute created the census tract codes shown in eastern districts) maps and tables as an abbreviated method of referring to tracts • The highest shares of households in poverty (also in range (W1, C1, E1, etc .) . The letters W, C, and E in tract codes roughly with western districts) correspond to the west, central, and east areas of the city . The • Average educational attainment: over half of adults have Reference Figures at the end of the book show additional a Bachelor’s Degree or higher, which is much closer to geographic reference information with the tract boundaries, the shares of eastern districts, and higher than the city’s such as streets, community council boundaries, and where overall share (45%) people live within the tracts . Importantly, Tract W14 has most • The highest share of nonfamily households and people of its area within Salt Lake City, yet most of the population lives living alone of all districts, by far, which is very distinct in bordering West Valley City . See the Geography Notes section from western districts for additional information about boundaries used in this atlas . Some characteristics don’t follow any apparent geographic pattern . Dispersed throughout the City Council Districts are areas with the highest shares of the non-Hispanic Asian population Kem C . Gardner Policy Institute 3 Subcounty Population and Household Estimates Population and Households Tract E3 (University of Utah) has the highest renter share of Each year the Kem C . Gardner Policy Institute produces households in the city, at 98 percent . Thirteen additional tracts population and household estimates using the housing unit also have at least 75 percent of households estimated as renter- method . The total population of Salt Lake City grew from occupied . Tract E2, covering part of the Avenues and Federal 186,411 at Census 2010 to 199,678 in 2019, an increase of Heights neighborhoods and bordering the university, has the 13,267 (7 .1%) 1 . Council Districts 4, 7, and 3 added the most highest owner share of households in the city, at 94 percent . new residents in the same time period . Tract C2 (Capitol Hill/ Fairpark), was the highest growth tract, adding 2,367 residents Methodology and Notes and more than doubling in population . The next highest growth The estimates are based on the housing unit method, which areas were in Tracts W7 (Jordan Meadows), E14 (Sugar House), uses building permit data to estimate changes in housing units, C10 (Downtown) . and then infers population change based on the housing unit Tract C2 (Capitol Hill/Fairpark), mentioned above, had not changes . Households are differentiated by tenure (renter- only the highest population growth but also the fastest growth occupied and owner-occupied) . Changes in group quarters rate (155 percent) . The next highest growth rate was in Tract populations—people in group living situations such as C10 (Downtown, 105%) . Other fast-growing tracts were the Salt dormitories and jails—are also accounted for where data are Lake City portion of Tract E20 (Sugar House), C11 (Central City), available . All 2019 estimates refer to a July 1, 2019 reference and E14 (Sugar House) . These tracts grew 83%, 78%, and 73%, date . Note that some census tracts have large populations respectively . outside the Salt Lake City boundary, but the estimates shared The city’s total household count grew from 74,499 at here reflect only the populations located within the city’s 2019 Census 2010 to 83,425 in 2019, an increase of 8,926 (12 .0%) 2. boundary . Households are occupied (rather than vacant) housing units . The source of building permit data was Construction Monitor, Tract C10 (Downtown) gained the most new households, at a company that performs ongoing collection of permit data 4. 1,168 . Tract C9 (Downtown) closely followed with 1,134 new Permit data were geocoded and analyzed by the Kem C . Gardner households . Tracts C2 (Capitol Hill/Fairpark), E14 (Sugar House), Policy Institute . We made several edits and additions to building and C11 (Central City) also gained many new households (932, permit data in order to include permits not reported by 855, and 740, respectively) . Construction Monitor and to reflect intensive internal research on Salt Lake City construction . Refer to our report “Salt Lake Tenure and Utah County Subcounty Estimates, 2010-2019” on gardner . Renter-occupied households in the city grew by 8,485 (22 .1%) utah .edu for a full description of the estimation methodology .5 since Census 2010, bringing the 2019 total renter-occupied The population and household estimates in this section are units to 46,926 . This represents 56% of the city’s occupied units . not related to American Community Survey (ACS) data . For Sixteen tracts gained at least 100 new renter households . Tract household and population estimates from the ACS 2014-2018 C9 (Downtown) gained the most, with 1,134 new renter dataset, see the Data Notes reference section of this book .