Utah · Census place 4957300
Orem, Utah
Orem is a city in Utah County, Utah with an estimated 96,646 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 6th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 96,646
- #6 of 156 in Utah
- Change since 2020
- -1.8%
- -1,782 people
- Land area
- 18.6 sq mi
- Density
- 5,190 / sq mi
- State median 2,284
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Orem population, 2020 to 2024
Orem lost 1,782 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +243. Among 95 Utah places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 86th; the median place changed by +6.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Utah has 19,393 people, so Orem is 5.0 times that size.
Orem covers 18.62 square miles of land, for 5,190 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Orem is denser than the typical town.
What county Orem is in
All of Orem's residents live in Utah County, which had 747,234 residents in 2024. Orem holds 12.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Orem
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Orem by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84057, 84058, 84059, 84097. 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 Orem is
The Census internal point of Orem is at 40.298100, -111.699400. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 34.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Provo, UT (115,479 people), 4.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.298100, -111.699400
- DMS
- 40°17'53.16"N 111°41'57.84"W
- UTM
- 12N 440559.6E 4461078.9N
- Geohash
- 9x0t60ncr
- Plus code
- 85GC78X2+66
Daylight in Orem
At 40.30° N, Orem gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Orem
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Vineyard, 3.0 miles away, with 16,077 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Orem, UT?
96,646 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,782 (1.8%) from 98,428 in July 2020.
What county is Orem in?
Utah County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Orem?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 84057, 84058, 84059, 84097.
How far is Orem from Salt Lake City?
34.5 miles (55.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Orem.
What is the nearest larger city to Orem?
Provo, UT, with 115,479 residents, 4.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.