Most Densely Populated Cities in Utah: Ranked by People per Square Mile

The densest city in Utah in our data is Kearns, UT, with about 7,842 people per square mile, followed by White City, UT (6,620) and Midvale, UT (5,770). This list ranks the top 50 places among the 95 Utah communities with at least 5,000 residents.

What are the top 50 in Utah?

How dense are the cities in Utah?

The densest place is about 4 times as dense as the median place in the state, which has about 2,025 people per square mile. At the other end, Grantsville, UT has about 321. Under our scale, 5 places are an urban core (over 5,000 per square mile), 73 are suburban, and the rest are small towns or rural. Salt Lake County contributes 15 of the top 50.

Which counties do the top 50 belong to?

The 50 places on this list are spread across 8 counties of Utah. Salt Lake County has 15 (Kearns, White City, Midvale, Taylorsville, Millcreek, Sandy, Murray, West Valley City, Sou); Davis County has 12 (Clearfield, Clinton, Sunset, Layton, Bountiful, Syracuse, Kaysville, Woods Cross, Centervi); Utah County has 10 (Orem, Pleasant Grove, Cedar Hills, American Fork, Provo, Spanish Fork, Lehi, Vineyard, Spr). Counties with several entries are usually centers of a metropolitan area, where one large city is surrounded by many suburbs that each pass the 5,000-resident threshold.

How does Utah compare with the rest of the country?

The median Utah place with a page has about 19,175 residents, compared with about 13,459 nationwide, so the state's typical community is larger than the national typical place. Kearns, UT ranks 1350th among all US places by estimated population in our data. The state has 322 communities in total, of which 95 reach 5,000 residents. See the national ranking of the largest cities for comparison.

Quick answers about Utah cities

• Which is the densest city in Utah? Kearns (7,842 per square mile).
• How many Utah cities have more than 100,000 people? 7 in our data.
• How many have 25,000 to 100,000? 33.
• What is the typical size? About 19,175 residents for a place with a page.

How is this ranking made?

The data comes from the SimpleMaps US Cities Database, which gives each place an estimated population and a density in people per square kilometer. We convert density to people per square mile and rank the places with at least 5,000 residents. Boundaries matter: a city that includes large parks or farmland scores lower on density than a compact city of the same size, and population estimates can include areas that share a city's ZIP codes. Read why population figures differ and how density is calculated before you quote a number.

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Rankings use dataset estimates, not official counts.