If you have lived in Salt Lake and Utah County the last 10 years you have probably noticed the influx of cars and people. The cost of housing has also been on the rise. (Thanks California).

One of these counties stands out and that is Utah County. Once nothing but fields and the part of town you drove through to get to Vegas is not a Tech Mega Hub. This can be traced back to the sale of Josh James company Omniture to Adobe. This transaction brought Silicon Valley to the soon to be Silicon Slopes. Word spread fast as companies started statelite offices in the growing county. The world also went through a melt down and people could just no longer afford California’s sky high housing prices.

“You get a lot for your money here in terms of housing” – Lehi resident from California

“Salt Lake County obviously still has a lot of jobs and a lot of people. But Utah County is really starting to take over that growth,” said Emily Harris

From 2010 to 2019, Utah County’s population ballooned by 26.1% — adding 134,845 people, equivalent to the size of West Valley City, the state’s second largest city.

Meanwhile, Salt Lake County added 123,305 people in the decade — 11,540 fewer than its neighbor to the south — up by 12%.

This is only the beginning as people continue to move in. Commutes will get longer and the air will get worse. It will be interesting to see how long this remains “The Place”