by Isaac Riddle | Jun 5, 2018 | Greater Salt Lake, Salt Lake City
It has been 50 years since the passing of the Fair Housing Act, making housing discrimination illegal. Yet housing segregation by race still persists in every large metropolitan area (metros with more than 500,000 people) in the country. A recently released report...
by Isaac Riddle | May 23, 2018 | Cottonwood Heights, Draper, Greater Salt Lake, Holladay, Kearns, Midvale, Millcreek, Murray, Riverton, Salt Lake City, Sandy, South Jordan, South Salt Lake City, West Jordan, West Valley City
For decades Utah’s suburban communities have led the state’s population growth but new population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show a shift toward urban living as Salt Lake City led the state in most new residents last year. According to estimates...
by Isaac Riddle | May 25, 2017 | Cottonwood Heights, Draper, Greater Salt Lake, Holladay, Midvale, Murray, Riverton, Salt Lake City, Sandy, South Jordan, South Salt Lake City, West Jordan, West Valley City
The Salt Lake suburbs continue to grow at a faster rate than the capital city, but according to new census data, the gap is narrowing as last year the city’s population grew at nearly twice the rate than in previous years. On Thursday the U.S. Census Bureau...
by Isaac Riddle | Dec 22, 2016 | Greater Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, Sandy, Smart Growth, South Jordan
Utah’s is the nation’s fastest-growing state according to according to U.S. Census Bureau national and state population estimates released on Tuesday. The bureau estimates that the state crossed the 3.0 million mark the last year with a population...
by Isaac Riddle | May 20, 2016 | Salt Lake City
The number of residential units in Salt Lake has grown significantly since 2010. A few thousand of residential units have opened in the past few years, with more currently under construction or in the planning stage. Yet, according to the recently released 2015 city...
