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Wasatch Front, southern Utah cities are still the fastest growing. See how your hometown compares.

Most municipalities in Utah grew between 2023 and 2024, but dozens lost population, according to new Census data.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Workers disassemble scaffolding during the construction of a new apartment complex in Salt Lake City on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025.

Communities along the Wasatch Front and in Washington County led Utah again for growth in 2024.

Cities, towns and metro townships added about 59,000 people in 2024, according to American Community Survey estimates released Thursday.

The survey is conducted annually by the U.S. Census Bureau to gather data for community planning, infrastructure and funding allocation.

It showed 176 municipalities in Utah grew, adding more than 64,000 people. Cornish, a small town in Cache County, held at the same population.

The population of the remaining 78 communities lost a total of 5,198 people.

Here are the biggest winners and losers in 2024, according to the new federal estimates:

Ten cities with the most growth

In 2024, all but one city in 2023’s top 10 for population change again made the list.

American Fork replaced Cedar City in the top 10 in 2024, adding 1,797 people.

Another nine cities continued to see the highest growth in the state:

  • Saratoga Springs, on the northwest side of Utah Lake, added 4,355 people in 2024.
  • Lehi, another Utah County city, added 4,134 people.
  • Salt Lake City, the state’s largest community, welcomed 4,119 residents.
  • Eagle Mountain, which is rapidly approving new growth, added 3,776 residents.
  • St. George, the seat of fast-growing Washington County, added 2,811 people to surpass 100,000 residents.
  • South Jordan added 2,355 residents.
  • Herriman added 2,010 people.
  • Washington, just north of St. George, added 1,662 residents.
  • West Haven, located a bit west of Ogden in Weber County, added 1,586 people.

    • It’s worth noting that while these estimates differ from those the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute published, the two will come closer together after the 2030 Census.

    While demographers with both organizations start from the same baseline, they use different agencies to get their birth and death data and different formulas to calculate net migration, according to a fact sheet from the Gardner Institute.

    16 municipalities lost more than 100 people

    The new estimates also show 16 cities and towns across western Utah losing at least 100 residents. The 10 who lost the most include:

  • East Carbon, a city of fewer than 2,000 people in Carbon County, lost 140 residents.
  • Newton in Cache County lost 143 residents.
  • Cottonwood Heights had 156 people leave.
  • Panguitch lost 170 residents.
  • Oakley in Summit County lost 174 residents.
  • Apple Valley, a town in Washington County just east of Hurricane, lost 218 residents.
  • Huntington in northwest Emery County lost 332 residents, dropping its estimated population below 2,000.
  • Taylorsville lost 332 residents.
  • Lake Point, which became a city in 2022, lost 375 residents.
  • Sandy saw 432 people leave but remains among the ten biggest cities in Utah.

    • Bonus communities

    The Salt Lake Tribune didn’t include census-designated places — communities with concentrated population that aren’t incorporated but are locally recognized and identified — in its overall calculations.

    Yet some of those, like Snyderville and Summit Park near Park City, or Eden near the base of Nordic Valley and Powder Mountain, are bigger than communities that have incorporated and elect governing officials.

    Some also saw larger gains and losses than municipalities:

  • 14 added more than 100 residents, including East Basin, which is home to the Promontory Club, Mountain Green near Snowbasin and the farming community of Newcastle to the west of Cedar City
  • 10 lost more than 100 residents, including Fort Duchesne, where the Ute Indian Tribe has its offices, and Snyderville

    • You can use the database below to search for your community and see how the American Community Survey says it grew — or didn’t — between 2023 and 2024.