Provo–Orem Regional Market
Provo, the larger of the twin Utah Valley cities of Provo and Orem, is a North American Regional Market with one Regional-tier co-location cluster. Brigham Young University anchors an unusually young, fast-growing technology economy sometimes described as the "Silicon Slopes" cluster.
Overview
According to Wikipedia (accessed 2026-07-10), Provo recorded a population of 115,162 at the 2020 census across 44.19 square miles, the fourth-largest city in Utah, situated 43 miles (69 km) south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front between Orem to the north and Springville to the south. Brigham Young University is the dominant local employer, with 5,000 to 6,999 staff and roughly 35,000 students; the city also hosts the LDS Church's largest Missionary Training Center, Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, and Vivint. Provo functions as a technology hub — Qualtrics and Nu Skin Enterprises are headquartered there alongside several billion-dollar startups — with retail anchored by Provo Towne Centre and The Shops at Riverwoods. The population skews young (median age 23.8), and 88.7 percent of residents identify as Latter-day Saints. Orem borders Provo directly to the north and is part of the same Provo-Orem-Lehi metropolitan area, though Wikipedia's Provo article treats it as a distinct city rather than a single combined entity.
Regional Market Standing
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Suburb of | Salt Lake City |
Note: the Top 400 table entry is for "Provo, UT" specifically — Orem does not carry a separate entry in the current build. This article is titled "Provo–Orem" reflecting the two cities' combined regional-market character, but the cluster count above describes Provo alone. Provo has one Regional-tier co-location cluster. Cluster-level detail — the specific retail and civic anchors composing it — is pending the underlying GIS dataset and is not included in this stub. See [[atlas-top-400-north-america|Top 400 Regional Markets — North America]] for the full Top 400 set and Co-location Methodology for how markets qualify.
See Also
- Top 400 Regional Markets — North America
- Regional Markets Intelligence System
- Co-location Methodology
References
- Provo, Utah — Wikipedia, accessed 2026-07-10
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