Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, Orem really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, Orem is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes Orem more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change Orem’s character and quality of life.
Not only is Orem a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, shaping the character of the city into a place that is geared toward, and considered attractive to, many single, educated people. Many singles consider Orem a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.
The education level of Orem ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Orem, 42.23% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Orem in 2022 was $32,143, which is middle income relative to Utah and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $128,572 for a family of four. However, Orem contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Orem is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Orem home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Orem residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Orem also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.62% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Orem include English, German, European, Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Orem is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
