Utah · Census place 4971290

Spanish Fork, Utah

Spanish Fork is a city in Utah County, Utah with an estimated 47,809 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 20th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
47,809
#20 of 156 in Utah
Change since 2020
+11.8%
+5,050 people
Land area
17.8 sq mi
Density
2,689 / sq mi
State median 2,284
Orange pin: Spanish Fork. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salt Lake City.

Spanish Fork population, 2020 to 2024

Spanish Fork added 5,050 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.8%. In the latest year it moved by +1,844. Among 95 Utah places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 29th; the median place changed by +6.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Utah has 19,393 people, so Spanish Fork is 2.5 times that size.

42.8k202043.9k202144.3k202246.0k202347.8k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 42,621. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Spanish Fork covers 17.78 square miles of land, for 2,689 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Spanish Fork is denser than the typical town.

What county Spanish Fork is in

All of Spanish Fork's residents live in Utah County, which had 747,234 residents in 2024. Spanish Fork holds 6.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Spanish Fork

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Spanish Fork by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84660. 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 Spanish Fork is

The Census internal point of Spanish Fork is at 40.113100, -111.642900. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 47.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Provo, UT (115,479 people), 9.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.113100, -111.642900
DMS
40°06'47.16"N 111°38'34.44"W
UTM
12N 445212.7E 4440508.4N
Geohash
9x0s5w25e
Plus code
85GC4974+6R

Daylight in Spanish Fork

At 40.11° N, Spanish Fork gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Spanish Fork

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Mapleton, 3.7 miles away, with 14,812 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Spanish Fork, UT?

47,809 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 5,050 (11.8%) from 42,759 in July 2020.

What county is Spanish Fork in?

Utah County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Spanish Fork?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 84660.

How far is Spanish Fork from Salt Lake City?

47.6 miles (76.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Spanish Fork.

What is the nearest larger city to Spanish Fork?

Provo, UT, with 115,479 residents, 9.1 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.