West Jordan is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Utah. With a population of 68,216 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, West Jordan is the seventh largest community in Utah.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, West Jordan is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, West Jordan is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Jordan who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.41%), sales jobs (12.36%), and management occupations (7.03%).

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

Even though West Jordan is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

West Jordan Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in West Jordan who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 20.18% of adults in West Jordan have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in West Jordan in 2000 was $17,221, 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 $68,884 for a family of four. However, West Jordan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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