Layton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Utah. With a population of 58,678 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Layton is the eighth largest community in Utah.

Layton is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Layton is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Layton who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.39%), sales jobs (13.85%), and management occupations (8.15%).

Also of interest is that Layton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

There are many members of the armed forces living in Layton. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.

Layton Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Layton is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 27.09% of adults in Layton have a college degree.

The per capita income in Layton in 2000 was $19,604, which is upper middle income relative to Utah and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,416 for a family of four.

The people who call Layton home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Layton is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Layton include English, German, Irish, Danish, European, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Layton is English. Some people also speak Spanish.