South Salt Lake, Utah

South Salt Lake population, 2020 to 2024

South Salt Lake lost 147 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +159. Among 95 Utah places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 76th; the median place changed by +6.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Utah has 19,393 people, so South Salt Lake is 1.4 times that size.

South Salt Lake covers 6.94 square miles of land, for 3,827 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so South Salt Lake is denser than the typical town.

What county South Salt Lake is in

All of South Salt Lake's residents live in Salt Lake County, which had 1,216,274 residents in 2024. South Salt Lake holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in South Salt Lake

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap South Salt Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84115, 84119. 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 South Salt Lake is

The Census internal point of South Salt Lake is at 40.705600, -111.898600. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 5.0 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Millcreek, UT (64,217 people), 3.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salt Lake City, UT, 5.2 miles away.

Daylight in South Salt Lake

At 40.71° N, South Salt Lake gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near South Salt Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Millcreek, 3.8 miles away, with 64,217 people.