People QuickFacts West Valley City Utah Population, 2011 estimate 131,942 2,814,347 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 129,480 2,763,885 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.9% 1.8% Population, 2010 129,480 2,763,885 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 10.2% 9.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 33.0% 31.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 6.9% 9.0% Female persons, percent, 2010 49.6% 49.8%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 65.4% 86.1% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.0% 1.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.3% 1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 5.0% 2.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 3.6% 0.9% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.8% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 33.1% 13.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 53.7% 80.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.8% 82.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 21.1% 8.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 33.6% 14.3% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 78.5% 90.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 13.0% 29.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 5,904 147,944 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.0 21.4  Housing units, 2010 38,978 979,709 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 69.5% 70.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 20.9% 21.3% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $182,000 $221,300 Households, 2007-2011 38,159 871,358 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.33 3.06 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,601 $23,650 Median household income, 2007-2011 $53,061 $57,783 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.0% 11.4%     Business QuickFacts West Valley City Utah Total number of firms, 2007 6,764 246,393 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.2% 0.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.1% 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.4% 1.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 12.8% 3.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 30.9% 24.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,443,054 42,431,657 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,250,754 25,417,368 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,563,661 36,574,240 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,778 $13,730 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 125,475 3,980,570     Geography QuickFacts West Valley City Utah Land area in square miles, 2010 35.56 82,169.62 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,641.6 33.6 FIPS Code 83470 49 Counties Salt Lake County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts