With 32,828 people, Cottonwood Heights is a city in Utah. 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, against 36% nationally. Home values have more than tripled since 2000, reaching $694,100. Few US cities rank higher on income. There are 3,560 people per square mile. Median household income runs $119,422, well clear of the $82,259 US median.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $119,422, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.0
US median: 38.9
More educated
54% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 101%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Cottonwood Heights
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$219,846 → $694,100(+216%)US over the same years: +67%
Median age27.7 → 40.0(+12.3 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
White share95.9% → 85.6%(−10.3 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Cottonwood Heights's population equals 2.7% of Salt Lake County's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.4% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.5% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)28.8%(302)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)8.7%(91)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era45.3%(474)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.8%(29)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.4%(15)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,047 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Cottonwood Heights, decade by decade
Cottonwood Heights population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
28,766
$104,233
$219,846
35.4%
9.9
2000
27,569
$114,425
$345,204
42.0%
19.3
2010
33,433
$102,133
$436,606
46.1%
27.3
2020
33,617
$115,661
$487,361
51.6%
37.4
2024
32,828
$119,422
$694,100
53.8%
32.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
