Who's moving to and from Salt Lake County, Utah?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 43,862 people in, 53,822 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−9,960 people
−2,674 households
Arrivals' income
$70.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$77.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Salt Lake County went in Utah

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Utah counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Maricopa County, AZ, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Utah County7,873
  2. Davis County3,834
  3. Tooele County1,358
  4. Weber County1,311
  5. Los Angeles County, CA953
  6. Maricopa County, AZ948
  7. Clark County, NV885
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)7,704

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Utah County11,292
  2. Davis County5,243
  3. Tooele County2,932
  4. Weber County1,746
  5. Washington County1,489
  6. Maricopa County, AZ1,187
  7. Clark County, NV961
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)8,897

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
375 people
Left for abroad
506 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Salt Lake usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−2,67422–23††‡†
Net migration of Salt Lake County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−795
2014–15 †+759
2015–16+1,479
2016–17 †−574
2017–18+232
2018–19 ‡+2
2019–20−1,224
2020–21−1,624
2021–22−3,192
2022–23 †−2,674

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Salt Lake County, Utah?” movedwhere.com/county/salt-lake-county-ut. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.