Draper, Utah Draper, Utah Location in Salt Lake County and the state of Utah.
Location in Salt Lake County and the state of Utah.
Counties Salt Lake, Utah Draper is a town/city in Salt Lake and Utah counties in the U.S.
State of Utah, positioned about 20 miles (32 km) south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front.
Draper is part of two urbane areas - the Salt Lake County portion is encompassed in the Salt Lake City urbane area, while the Utah County portion is part of the Provo-Orem urbane area.
The Utah State Prison is positioned in Draper, near Point of the Mountain, alongside Interstate 15.
Draper lies approximately midway between Salt Lake City and Provo.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 30.1 square miles (78.0 km2), of which 30.1 square miles (77.9 km2) is territory and 0.015 square miles (0.04 km2), or 0.05%, is water. The aim of this measure was to protect and preserve the Corner Canyon region for the future appreciatement of people of the town/city and the Salt Lake Valley area.
Draper's climate is approximately identical to that of other Salt Lake City suburbs.
However, due to being further away from the Great Salt Lake, varied elevation, and from the downtown urban heat island effect, Draper experiences a slightly drier winter, and more extremes in temperatures.
In the town/city at the 2000 census, the populace was spread out with 32.0% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 38.3% from 25 to 44, 14.8% from 45 to 64, and 3.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city as of the 2000 census was $72,341, and the median income for a family was $76,858 (these figures had risen to $80,524 and $89,871 in the order given as of a 2007 estimate. Males had a median income of $50,915 versus $31,742 for females.
The Utah Department of Corrections has its command posts in Draper. Draper fields its own police department that covers the town/city limits.
The command posts of 1-800 Contacts in Draper, Utah.
Draper is also home to Utah's first IKEA, which opened in 2007. The Draper Utah Temple.
According to the City's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: The Draper City Journal, newspaper, tabloid style journal covering small-town government, schools, sports, and features.
"City of Draper, Utah Annual Report to our Citizens 2011-2012".
Draper City, Utah.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Draper city, Utah".
History of Draper City from draper.ut.us accessed August 30, 2015 Draper Historical Committee, The History of Draper, Utah, Vol.
2: Sivogah to Draper City 1849-1977, Agreka Books, 2001 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Draper city, Utah".
City of Draper Comprehensive Annual Financial Report City of Draper official website Media related to Draper, Utah at Wikimedia Commons Draper, Utah travel guide from Wikivoyage Municipalities and communities of Salt Lake County, Utah, United States Municipalities and communities of Utah County, Utah, United States
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Cities in Utah - Salt Lake City urbane region - Provo Orem urbane region - Populated places established in 1849 - 1849 establishments in the State of Deseret - Draper, Utah
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