Housing & affordability
18% of the score · 65/100
C+
Median home value$685,500
Salt Lake City $515,400
Median rent$1,915/mo
Salt Lake City $1,583/mo
Cost-burdened households28%
Salt Lake City 29%
Bluffdale
Salt Lake & Utah counties18,797 residentsJordan District
67
C+
Suburbgrade score
10th of 21 Salt Lake City suburbs. Strong on employment & income and commute & transport, held back by amenities.
67
Salt Lake City median 67
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A+ · 100
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What living here is actually like
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What Bluffdale is like to live in, by category
Bars show Bluffdale against Salt Lake City. Weights are published in full.Schools
18% of the score · inactive
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Within-state proficiency—
percentile among districts in the same state
Student–teacher ratio21.9
Salt Lake City median 22.4
Graduation rate—
four-year adjusted cohort
Cost of living
14% of the score · 73/100
B
Housing cost index125
Salt Lake City 100
Eff. tax rate0.44%
Salt Lake City 0.50%
Local sales tax7.42%
Salt Lake City median 7.42%
Commute & transport
14% of the score · 76/100
B
Mean commute21.1 min
Salt Lake City 22.8 min
Under 30 minutes72%
Salt Lake City 71%
Transit stops / sq mi0.8
Salt Lake City median 8.6 · within 2 miles
Amenities
12% of the score · 40/100
D−
Restaurants & cafés10
Salt Lake City median 70 · within 2 miles
Groceries1
Salt Lake City median 6 · within 2 miles
Parks72
Salt Lake City median 72 · within 2 miles
Employment & income
12% of the score · 79/100
B+
Median household income$129,531
Salt Lake City $98,083
Unemployment2.6%
Salt Lake City 3.8%
Professional occupations47%
Salt Lake City 44%
Residents
12% of the score · inactive
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Better than Bluffdale on amenities
Bluffdale's weakest grade is D−. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same six inputs.
SuburbAmenitiesOverall
Midvale10 mi from BluffdaleA 66 C+ Millcreek16 mi from BluffdaleA 72 B− South Salt Lake16 mi from BluffdaleA− 65 C+ Murray12 mi from BluffdaleA− 72 B− Taylorsville13 mi from BluffdaleA− 68 B− South Jordan6 mi from BluffdaleB+ 72 B− Restaurants & cafés: OpenStreetMap Sep 2026 · Groceries: OpenStreetMap Sep 2026
Common questions about living in Bluffdale
Is Bluffdale, UT a good place to live?
Bluffdale scores 67 out of 100, 10th of 21 Salt Lake City suburbs. It is strongest on employment & income and weakest on amenities. Every weight behind that score is published on the methodology page.
Is Bluffdale expensive to live in?
Cost of living grades B. The median home is $685,500, 33% above the Salt Lake City median, and the effective property tax rate is 0.44%. $1,915/mo is the median gross rent.
How long is the commute from Bluffdale?
The mean commute is 21.1 min, with 72% of workers travelling under 30 minutes and 23% working from home. Transit density is 0.8 stops per square mile.
Can you walk anywhere in Bluffdale?
Within two miles there are 1 groceries, 10 restaurants and cafés and 72 parks, which grades D− on amenities.
Are the homes in Bluffdale old or new?
The median home in Bluffdale was built in 2011 — newer than the Salt Lake City median of 1987. That is a median, so a town can be half post-war and half new-build and still land there. 85% of homes are houses rather than flats.
Every answer is built from the figures on this page, with their sources and as-of dates on the methodology page.
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