Living in Herriman, UT

Salt Lake County

Herriman is one of Utah's fastest-growing cities, in southwest Salt Lake County -- a genuinely new-construction-heavy market that has grown from roughly 20,000 to somewhere between 65,423 and 70,696 residents (depending on source and methodology) over the past 15 years, a real, extraordinary growth story reflected in a 16.39%-plus increase since the 2020 Census count of 56,209 alone. Herriman's median age (29.8 years) runs the youngest of the four Salt Lake County Tier B markets built in this same pass, and its median household income ($122,650 per 2024 ACS data) runs genuinely close to Riverton's ($126,910) -- both notably higher than Millcreek's ($98,045) or Taylorsville's ($86,413) -- a real, disclosed affluent, new-construction family-suburb profile. Housing runs genuinely expensive but with a real, disclosed spread: Zillow's average home value ran $609,825 (up 1.2% year-over-year), against a separately cited 2026 median sale price of $572,500, with homes going to pending in around 22 days. Utah's real, current flat 4.45% state income tax (2026) applies statewide, alongside Salt Lake County's ~0.56% effective property tax rate and a 7.45% combined sales tax rate. Jordan School District serves Herriman, alongside Bluffdale, Copperton, Riverton, South Jordan, and most of West Jordan -- Herriman is home to two of the district's high schools (Herriman High and Mountain Ridge High), itself a reflection of the city's extraordinary recent growth. Crime runs genuinely favorable for the city's size: NeighborhoodScout found Herriman's overall rate near the national average, while separately characterizing it as one of the lowest crime rates in the nation for a city of Herriman's specific population size. Herriman's senior (65+) population share ran a real, disclosed, extraordinarily low 4.49% -- against 16.04% nationwide -- the clearest, least ambiguous young-family-growth signal among this batch's four Salt Lake County markets.

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Who this fits

Best for: Best fits young families prioritizing new-construction housing, Jordan School District access, and a genuinely affluent, rapidly-growing community; first-time homebuyers and movers comfortable with an actively still-forming, new-subdivision landscape rather than an established, settled suburb; and buyers wanting one of Salt Lake County's fastest-growing, most family-oriented markets.

Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for retirees or buyers specifically seeking a retirement-oriented community, given Herriman's real, extraordinarily low senior population share (4.49%) and its genuinely young, family-driven demographic profile; budget-conscious buyers who should weigh Herriman's meaningfully higher housing costs against Taylorsville's genuinely more affordable market, built elsewhere in this same batch; anyone wanting an established, fully-built-out neighborhood character rather than an actively still-forming new-construction landscape; and anyone assuming Utah offers no-income-tax status, given the state's real, current flat 4.45% (2026) rate.