Who owns and who rents in Salt Lake City?

The share of households that own versus rent in Salt Lake City, UT, how that split has changed since 2015 and how it compares with the county, state and nation.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

Salt Lake City's housing is split like this.

Homeowner households: 38% — U.S.: 65%

Occupied households

• Own: 4062
• Rent: 6645

Homeownership rate

• Salt Lake City: 37.9
• Salt Lake County: 67
• UT: 70.6
• U.S.: 65

What it means

38% of households here own their home — 27 percentage points lower than the national rate of 65%.

Since 2015, the homeowner share has fallen by about 2.6 percentage points.