Utah · Census place 4920120

Draper, Utah

Draper is a city in 2 counties of Utah with an estimated 50,166 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 19th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
50,166
#19 of 156 in Utah
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-857 people
Land area
28.4 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,770 / sq mi
State median 2,284
Orange pin: Draper. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Salt Lake City.

Draper population, 2020 to 2024

Draper lost 857 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +26. Among 95 Utah places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 84th; the median place changed by +6.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Utah has 19,393 people, so Draper is 2.6 times that size.

51.0k202051.4k202148.7k202250.1k202350.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 51,025. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Draper covers 28.35 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,770 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Draper is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Draper spans

Draper crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 50,166 residents as follows; Salt Lake County holds 93.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Salt Lake County46,676
  2. 02Utah County3,490
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Draper

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Draper by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84020. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Draper is

The Census internal point of Draper is at 40.497200, -111.864600. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 19.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sandy, UT (92,840 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is West Jordan, UT, 10.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.497200, -111.864600
DMS
40°29'49.92"N 111°51'52.56"W
UTM
12N 426735.6E 4483302.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
85GCF4WP+V5

Daylight in Draper

At 40.50° N, Draper gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Draper

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Bluffdale, 4.3 miles away, with 19,393 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Draper, UT?

50,166 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 857 (1.7%) from 51,023 in July 2020.

What county is Draper in?

It spans 2 counties: Salt Lake County (46,676 residents), Utah County (3,490 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Draper?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 84020.

How far is Draper from Salt Lake City?

19.4 miles (31.2 km) in a straight line, heading N from Draper.

What is the nearest larger city to Draper?

Sandy, UT, with 92,840 residents, 5.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.