South Salt Lake is a medium-sized city located in the state of Utah. With a population of 26,122 people and five associated neighborhoods, South Salt Lake is the 38th largest community in Utah. Much of the housing stock in South Salt Lake was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local South Salt Lake economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in South Salt Lake, where the median household income is $68,035.00.

Also of interest is that South Salt Lake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.77% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The overall education level of South Salt Lake citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.89% of adults in South Salt Lake have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in South Salt Lake in 2022 was $36,348, which is middle income relative to Utah and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $145,392 for a family of four. However, South Salt Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

South Salt Lake is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call South Salt Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of South Salt Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. South Salt Lake also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.62% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in South Salt Lake include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Danish.

South Salt Lake also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 21.16%.

The most common language spoken in South Salt Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.