I'm looking to invest in the Salt Lake City metro. I have some questions about Sandy. It seems that the population in Sandy is slightly declining and certainly not growing like other areas of Utah? Why is this? Is it a blue collar or what collar city? Do a lot of people in Sandy work in Salt Lake City? Is it an easy commute between the two? If you're an agent in this market I would love to connect.
Real Estate Agent · Salt Lake City, UT · Member since 2016 · 3 posts · 1 vote
4y
Hey Nathan - I'm an agent in the Salt Lake metro area. Sandy was established and started to get built out longer ago than many other areas in the area. Additionally, it is landlocked and can only grow vertically not horizontally so growth is much slower. It is very much a white collar city. There is a commercial center in Sandy City which keeps some of the work force in town. Sandy is considered a bedroom community of Salt Lake and many of the population does commute to downtown SLC. Typically, the commute takes about 15 minutes.
Some of the outlying areas (South Jordan, Herriman, Eagle Mountain) with explosive population growth (30%+) are newer cities with lots of developable land so growth is easier. Typical commute times from those areas to SLC range from 30-60 minutes.