AreaProfile

84116Salt Lake City, Utah

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 84116.

68
Area Score
Top 23% of 695 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 14% of 727 published ZIP areas72
GrowthTop 2% of 701 published ZIP areas79
Housing affordability533rd of 800 published ZIP areas60
Climate720th of 779 published ZIP areas55
Physical resilience399th of 800 published ZIP areas55
AccessTop 24% of 779 published ZIP areas99
Economic stabilityTop 44% of 800 published ZIP areas62
The quick read

84116 ranks in the top 14% of published ZIP profiles for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 3.5% and median household income of $66,751.

Development activity is both elevated and accelerating — 2,955 housing units permitted over the past twelve months, up 20% on the prior year.

A major airport is 6 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
38,625
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$66,751
Bottom 42% nationally
Density
731/sq mi
52.8 sq mi of land
Median age
32.4
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Salt Lake City
Utah
Metro area
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
Nearest major airport
SLC
6 mi · Salt Lake City Intl
Median home value
$381,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 3.5% is lower than 95% of the 1,061 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment grew 0.0% over the past year, to 133,886 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$5,769$66,751Bottom 42%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,193$30,531Bottom 28%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate13.1%Top 38%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute22.0 minBottom 20%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher25.0%Top 45%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment133,886Bottom 26%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)2.8%Top 16%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)0.0%Top 27%June 2026
Labor force138,766Bottom 26%June 2026
Labor force participation70.5%Top 14%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$71,660Top 29%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$55,240Top 26%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.0%Top 50%June 2026
Unemployment rate3.5%Bottom 5%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202470k57k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $66,751 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Customer Service Representatives26,620$45,410
General and Operations Managers20,870$103,710
Retail Salespersons20,330$34,420
Fast Food and Counter Workers19,590$29,070
Software Developers19,040$129,600
Office Clerks, General16,260$45,220

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Salt Lake City, UT, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,338 takes 24% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 5.7 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
24.1%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
5.7×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,338
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$381,300
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income5.71Top 11%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate50.9%Bottom 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±68915,252Top 8%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$54$1,338Top 28%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$21,010$381,300Top 22%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income24.1%Top 18%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate7.6%Bottom 36%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
79/ 100
Top 2% of 701 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

90% of recently permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses.

At 14.5 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
2,955
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
14.5
Top 2% nationally
Year over year
+20%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
89.9%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Salt Lake City, UT, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

4 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 94°F and January a low of 24°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 15.5 inches, including 51.9 inches of snow.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station SALT LAKE CITY INTL AP, 6.8 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND2.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation15.5"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall51.9"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low24°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high94°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months41991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing50°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

55 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are earthquake, wildfire and avalanche.

EarthquakeModerate
AvalancheModerate
WildfireElevated

Low or minimal exposure: winter weather, lightning, inland flooding, heat wave, landslide, volcanic activity, tornado, strong wind, hail, drought, cold wave, ice storm.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 6 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Salt Lake City IntlSLC6 mi12,002 ft
Ogden-HinckleyOGD23 mi8,107 ft
Provo MuniPVU47 mi8,603 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

84116 vs Salt Lake City

How this ZIP area compares with Salt Lake City as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

84116
Salt Lake City
Median household income
$66,751
vs
$75,090
Per capita income
$30,531
vs
$51,173
Population density
731/sq mi
vs
1,876/sq mi
Median home value
$381,300
vs
$539,500
Median gross rent
$1,338
vs
$1,414
Homeownership rate
50.9%
vs
45.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher
25.0%
vs
51.5%
Poverty rate
13.1%
vs
13.6%
Median age
32.4
vs
32.9

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.