South Salt Lake, UT

Dental & Medical Practice Marketing in South Salt Lake, UT

Public data on South Salt Lake, and what we would do first for a practice there because of it.

26,934residents (2025 estimate)
6NPI-registered dentists
$72,152median household income

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Local context

Local healthcare landscape in South Salt Lake

South Salt Lake's General Plan names St. Marks Hospital among the key destinations served by transit Route 39. St. Mark's Hospital gives its address as 1200 E 3900 S, Salt Lake City, and says it has served its community since 1872. Intermountain Medical Center gives its address as 5121 South Cottonwood Street in Murray, Utah, and lists emergency care among its services. The General Plan describes the South Salt Lake Downtown mixed-use neighborhood, the Riverfront neighborhood on 3900 South near the Jordan River, and Creative Industries as part of the Water Tower neighborhood. It lists Southgate beside Downtown and Water Tower as transitional areas for a neighborhood character area urban design plan. The city's zoning map, revised May 8, 2024, names the Downtown District, Granite Lofts Townhome and the Granite Legacy, Riverfront and The Crossings master planned mixed use areas.

Residents

South Salt Lake at a glance

The two figures furthest from the US are the share of residents 65 and older (7.8% against 17.2%) and the share of residents who speak Spanish at home (17.9% against 13.6%).

  • Residents, July 2025 estimate26,934Up 0.6% from the April 2020 base of 26,765
  • Median household income$72,152Well below Utah ($95,166), below the US ($80,734)
  • Median age31.4Close to Utah (32.0), below the US (38.9)
  • Residents 65 and older7.8%Well below both Utah (11.9%) and the US (17.2%)
  • Bachelor's degree or higher (residents 25+)35.8%Below Utah (37.7%), close to the US (35.7%)
  • Speak Spanish at home (residents 5+)17.9%Well above both Utah (10.9%) and the US (13.6%)

Beside Millcreek, 4 miles away, South Salt Lake differs most on the share who speak Spanish at home: 17.9% against 6.0%; next comes the share of residents 65 and older (7.8% against 15.8%).

Providers

Who practices in South Salt Lake

NPI-registered providers with a practice address in South Salt Lake, by primary specialty (people, not offices). Per resident, physical therapists are the group closest to the US rate (0.6 times the US rate) and plastic surgeons the lowest (none matched inside the city).

SpecialtyIn South Salt LakeResidents per providerUSAgainst the US
Dentists61 per 4,4891 per 1,340Well below
Chiropractors21 per 13,4671 per 3,311Well below
Dermatologists0–1 per 17,857Well below
Physical therapists141 per 1,9241 per 1,181Well below
Optometrists21 per 13,4671 per 5,291Well below
Podiatrists0–1 per 14,706Well below
Plastic surgeons0–1 per 58,824Well below

These counts include only providers whose practice address the Census Geocoder places inside South Salt Lake (506 of 509 providers' practice addresses in the surrounding ZIP codes matched), so they are a minimum: providers at addresses the geocoder could not match are left out.

Employers

Private-sector health care employers in Salt Lake County, 2024

2024 annual averages for the whole county. Offices of physicians are 26.0% of them, well below the US share of 32.6%.

  • Ambulatory health care establishments3,550Average employment 35,307
  • Offices of physicians922
  • Offices of dentists670
  • Offices of other health practitioners1,100
Our plan

What we'd prioritize for a South Salt Lake practice

Chosen by fixed rules from the figures above.

  1. Room to stand out for dermatologists

    None of the NPI-registered dermatologists list a practice address in South Salt Lake; nationally there is one for every 17,857 residents. That leaves fewer local competitors for a dermatologist in search; see our marketing for dermatologists.

  2. Get into local search early

    Counting all seven provider groups on this page, South Salt Lake has 8.9 NPI-registered providers per 10,000 residents; the US has 22.3. The thinnest group is dermatologists, with none matched inside the city. With fewer competitors to outrank, local SEO comes first.

  3. Show the practice on social media

    The median age in South Salt Lake is 31.4, against 38.9 for the US. Our social media plan includes regular posts showing the team and the office.

  4. Insurance and payment options first

    The median household income in South Salt Lake is $72,152, against $80,734 for the US. Plans accepted and financing belong on every page of the website.

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Sources

Provider counts are NPI records whose practice address the Census Geocoder places inside South Salt Lake, using 2020 census blocks.

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