Utah · Census place 4967770

Santaquin, Utah

Santaquin is a city in 2 counties of Utah with an estimated 18,394 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 50th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
18,394
#50 of 156 in Utah
Change since 2020
+32.4%
+4,497 people
Land area
10.6 sq mi
Density
1,744 / sq mi
State median 2,284
Orange pin: Santaquin. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Salt Lake City.

Santaquin population, 2020 to 2024

Santaquin added 4,497 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +32.4%. In the latest year it moved by +732. Among 95 Utah places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 4th; the median place changed by +6.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Utah has 19,393 people, so Santaquin is 95% of it.

13.9k202015.4k202116.9k202217.7k202318.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 13,727. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Santaquin covers 10.55 square miles of land, for 1,744 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Santaquin is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Santaquin spans

Santaquin crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 18,394 residents as follows; Utah County holds 99.8% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Utah County18,366
  2. 02Juab County28
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Santaquin

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Santaquin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84655. 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 Santaquin is

The Census internal point of Santaquin is at 39.969900, -111.794400. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 56.0 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Payson, UT (24,666 people), 5.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Provo, UT, 20.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.969900, -111.794400
DMS
39°58'11.64"N 111°47'39.84"W
UTM
12N 432160.1E 4424718.5N
Geohash
9x0e2h3c9
Plus code
85FCX694+X6

Daylight in Santaquin

At 39.97° N, Santaquin gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Santaquin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Rocky Ridge, 3.8 miles away, with 1,034 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Santaquin, UT?

18,394 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,497 (32.4%) from 13,897 in July 2020.

What county is Santaquin in?

It spans 2 counties: Utah County (18,366 residents), Juab County (28 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Santaquin?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 84655.

How far is Santaquin from Salt Lake City?

56.0 miles (90.1 km) in a straight line, heading N from Santaquin.

What is the nearest larger city to Santaquin?

Payson, UT, with 24,666 residents, 5.4 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.