Utah · Census place 4967440
Sandy, Utah
Sandy is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah with an estimated 92,840 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 8th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 92,840
- #8 of 156 in Utah
- Change since 2020
- -4.2%
- -4,118 people
- Land area
- 24.3 sq mi
- Density
- 3,827 / sq mi
- State median 2,284
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Sandy population, 2020 to 2024
Sandy lost 4,118 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.2%. In the latest year it moved by -189. Among 95 Utah places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 95th; the median place changed by +6.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Utah has 19,393 people, so Sandy is 4.8 times that size.
Sandy covers 24.26 square miles of land, for 3,827 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Sandy is denser than the typical town.
What county Sandy is in
All of Sandy's residents live in Salt Lake County, which had 1,216,274 residents in 2024. Sandy holds 7.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sandy
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sandy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84070, 84092, 84093, 84094. 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 Sandy is
The Census internal point of Sandy is at 40.571700, -111.849900. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 14.3 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Jordan, UT (116,688 people), 8.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.571700, -111.849900
- DMS
- 40°34'18.12"N 111°50'59.64"W
- UTM
- 12N 428061.0E 4491560.5N
- Geohash
- 9x0qycc7k
- Plus code
- 85GCH5C2+M2
Daylight in Sandy
At 40.57° N, Sandy gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sandy
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is White City, 0.7 miles away, with 5,918 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sandy, UT?
92,840 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 4,118 (4.2%) from 96,958 in July 2020.
What county is Sandy in?
Salt Lake County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sandy?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 84070, 84092, 84093, 84094.
How far is Sandy from Salt Lake City?
14.3 miles (23.1 km) in a straight line, heading N from Sandy.
What is the nearest larger city to Sandy?
West Jordan, UT, with 116,688 residents, 8.2 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.
- 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.