Orem is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Utah. With a population of 84,333 people and 11 constituent neighborhoods, Orem is the fifth largest community in Utah.

Orem is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Orem is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Orem who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.71%), sales jobs (12.57%), and management occupations (9.18%).

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

Orem is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Orem enrolled in college, Orem has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

One of the benefits of Orem is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.81 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

The city of Orem is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.

Orem Information and Demographics

The population of Orem is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.30% of adults in Orem have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Orem in 2000 was $16,590, which is upper middle income relative to Utah, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $66,360 for a family of four.

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

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