Bluffdale Utah Real Estate Market & Area Guide

If you’re looking for a rural environment with an urban vibe, Bluffdale is the perfect place for you! The city was incorporated on Oct. 13, 1978, but residents established this community

connection crossroads in 1848.

Those who crave elbow room will love the wide-open spaces and jaw-dropping mountain views from this city located on the west side of the Salt Lake Valley. You can see the Wasatch

Mountain Range in all its glory from here, and a good portion of the Jordan River. It’s about 20 miles from Salt Lake City. Part of Bluffdale is in Salt Lake County and the rest is in Utah County.

This community fosters a family atmosphere and encourages an active lifestyle.

World Population Review reported online that Bluffdale has a 2024 population of 20,799. “Bluffdale is currently growing at a rate of 4.31% annually and its population has increased by 19.8% since the most recent census, which recorded a population of 17,361 in 2020. The average household income in Bluffdale is $145,008 with a poverty rate of 3.64%,” the WPR website article says. City administrators and leaders say they are committed to a sustainable environment that, attracts industry but strives to preserve a strong connection between its residents and neighbors. The balance between residents and commerce is a priority goal.

The city is between the Great Salt Lake and Utah Lake. Its founders and residents played (and still play) important roles in keeping water moving – and water is life.

Want to work in the high-tech industry? This really is the place. It is located very near the “Silicon Slopes” and is surrounded by high-tech companies finding their way to Utah and its

notably reliable workforce.

HISTORY

Jens and Rise Madsen were the first long-term settlers of the area we know today as Bluffdale. A history published on the city’s official website says, “They homesteaded on the east side of the Jordan River in 1862. Chris Petersen and his family moved in with them the same year. Timothy Gilbert was the next to arrive and settled a short distance below them on the west

side of the river. John and Robert Spencer arrived in 1868.”

Water can be a real issue in the desert and the desert community of Bluffdale was not exempt. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints members were among the first non-native settlers to arrive in the valley. The industrious settlers created a complex system of canals to carry water to families and their farms. Once the canal was finished, more people began to arrive. A system of seven canals was built in Bluffdale, and in 1874, William Augustia Turner moved his family to what is now known as the Jordan Narrows. According to the city history, he worked as a watchman over the dams built for the Salt Lake County Canal System. The community flourished from there! Bluffdale officially became a city in 1878.

HALLMARKS

This city prides itself on being “a crossroads for transportation and utilities be

This city prides itself on being “a crossroads for transportation and utilities between Salt Lake and Utah Counties.”

Utah Data Center

The complex also includes the following:
water treatment facilities
chiller plants
electric substations
warehouse space
vehicle inspection facility
visitor control center
sixty diesel-fueled emergency standby generators and fuel facility for a 3-day, 100 percent power backup supply

The Utah Data Center, aka Bumblehive, is the first Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cyber-security Initiative (IC CNCI) data center designed to support the Intelligence Community’s efforts to monitor and protect the nation.

Utah Data Center

The Utah Data Center was completed in May 2014. The project was massive, controversial, and critical to storing national intelligence. It also drew a lot of attention to this city near the “Point of the Mountain. The center is at Camp Williams near Bluffdale. A Wikipedia article about the center describes the project as a 1.5 billion-dollar, one-million-square-foot facility. It is said to house a 100,000-square-foot mission-critical Tier III data center.

The complex also includes the following:
water treatment facilities
chiller plants
electric substations
warehouse space
vehicle inspection facility
visitor control center
sixty diesel-fueled emergency standby generators and fuel facility for a 3-day, 100 percent power backup supply

Granite Point Data Center

The Granite Point Data Center is between Salt Lake City and Utah’s Silicon Slopes. You can take a virtual tour of the center online. The facility belongs to DataBank and claims 23 acres.

In the spring of 2024, DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class edge colocation, interconnection, and managed cloud services announced a new $725 million credit facility to finance its ongoing and future data center construction projects.

RECREATION

Utah is famous for stellar outdoor recreation. Bluffdale residents have easy access to parks, trails, lakes, and magnificent mountains. Public parks help residents stay fit, connected, and engaged.

Bluffdale features almost 60 acres of public parks and recreation facilities. There are so many parks in the city. Each features different activities and passive experiences distributed among nine park sites and numerous open space parcels.

Here residents enjoy:

soccer fields
softball/baseball field
pickleball courts
equestrian arena and trails
sixteen miles of trail including the Jordan River Parkway Trail
splash pads (really cool splash pads)
proximity to Utah Lake and Great Salt Lake
Easy access to hunting, fishing, hiking, world-class skiing and so much more

KidsTopia – 14725 Porter Rockwell Blvd STE K, Bluffdale, UT 84065
KidsTopia is Utah’s largest indoor playground!

Imagine:

giant slides
ball pits
parkour
adventure bridges
tunnels
interactive walls
private parties

This very big indoor playground is fun in any season.

SHOPPING

If you can’t find what you want or need right in Bluffdale, the city is surrounded by malls, outlets, thrift stores, big box stores, mom-and-pop shops, eclectic gift shops, and luxury stores for high-end shoppers. Following are just a few examples of major shopping centers with a very short drive: