Living in Herriman
Herriman sits in the southwest corner of Salt Lake County, between South Jordan to the east and the Oquirrh Mountains to the west. Once a quiet ranching town, it has become one of the fastest-growing cities in Utah, jumping from about 21,785 people in the 2010 census to 55,144 in 2020 and an estimated 63,282 as of July 2025 - the city has nearly tripled in a decade. The city is anchored by large master-planned communities - Rosecrest, Anthem, Blackridge, and the newer South Hills - each built with parks and trails from day one. It is not a walkable city, so plan on driving for errands and commutes, but it makes up for that with space: bigger lots, newer homes, and mountain views that are hard to find closer to the city center.
Neighborhoods
Rosecrest is Herriman's largest neighborhood, spread across roughly 2,500 acres with subdivisions like Graystone, Juniper Bend, and Overlook at Rosecrest, and its own trail network feeding into Blackridge Reservoir and the Oquirrh foothills. Anthem, on the city's south side, is newer construction with a more active HOA and contemporary layouts. Herriman Towne Center is the most walkable pocket, built around Main Street with City Hall, parks, and Mountain View Village shopping and dining just minutes away. Other established areas include Blackridge, Copper Fields, and the growing South Hills and Olympia developments, which are bringing higher-density housing near Mountain View Corridor and lower-density hillside lots further out.
Herriman City Park, 5373 Main Street, is the flagship park in the heart of Herriman Towne Center: swings, slides, a splash pad, restrooms, a pavilion, and a network of paved walking trails, with Oquirrh Mountain views in the background. It hosts everything from family reunions to community events, and it stays busy even on a packed weekend. Nearby, Herriman's Main Street corridor connects the park to City Hall and the rest of the civic core, all walkable in a few minutes.
J. Lynn Crane Park, 12998 S Fort Herriman Parkway, sits beside Herriman Towne Center and City Hall with a stage, playground, pavilion, and open grass. Next door, J Lynn Crane Plaza at 13082 S Fort Herriman Parkway runs a splash pad from Memorial Day to Labor Day and an outdoor ice ribbon from December through February - a genuinely unusual amenity for a Utah suburb. Rosecrest Splash Pad, 14070 S Rosecrest Road near Blackridge Elementary, and Umbria Estates Splash Pad, 12790 S Brundisi Way, are smaller neighborhood splash pads, each with its own playground and pavilion.
J.L. Sorenson Recreation Center, 5350 Main Street, right next to the Herriman Library, is the indoor hub: an indoor pool, gymnasium space, and year-round league and fitness programming. Golfers have Rose Creek Golf Course nearby, and hikers and mountain bikers can pick up the Bonneville Shoreline Trail along the Rosecrest foothills for direct access into the Oquirrh Mountains without leaving a neighborhood street.
Trails, Golf and the Water
Herriman leans indoor and private for organized pickleball rather than free public courts. Premier Pickleball Club, 5163 Denali Park Dr, runs 13 indoor courts plus 3 outdoor courts with a pro shop and a golf simulator, and it pulls players from across the valley. For a free option, Big Bend Park at 12246 S Big Bend Vista Drive has a public pickleball court alongside volleyball and gaga ball. W&M Butterfield Park's open fields double as informal practice space for the youth soccer and lacrosse leagues that run through the city's parks and recreation department.
Herriman's trail backbone is the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, which runs along the city's western edge through the Rosecrest foothills and connects directly into the Oquirrh Mountains - locals pick it up straight from neighborhood streets without needing to drive anywhere first. Inside the city, more than 50 miles of paved and natural-surface trails link the master-planned communities together, from Rosecrest through Blackridge and out toward South Hills, used mostly for dog walks, stroller loops, and commuter biking rather than destination rides.
Rose Creek Golf Course is Herriman's local course - an 18-hole layout with mountain views on nearly every hole and a clubhouse, priced for regular play rather than special-occasion golf. For a bigger day out, several other Salt Lake Valley courses, including options in South Jordan and Riverton, are all within a 15-to-20 minute drive.
Blackridge Reservoir, inside the Rosecrest neighborhood at 15000 South Ashland Ridge Drive, is Herriman's version of a lake day: more than 900 feet of sandy beach, paddleboarding and kayaking, and a fishery for anyone who wants to cast a line without leaving city limits. It's a genuine summer gathering spot - the closest thing Herriman has to a beach day that doesn't require driving out to Bear Lake or Utah Lake.
Dining
Herriman's restaurant scene is thinner than its neighbors', but that's about to change. Right now, the go-to spots inside city limits are Slackwater, a wood-fired pizza restaurant with a strong local following, and Layne's Chicken Fingers, the fast-casual, kid-friendly staple. For everything else, most residents drive a few minutes to Mountain View Village, technically over the line in Riverton, where Santorini's Greek Grill, Saffron Circle (an Indian restaurant built around a love-story theme), North Italia, Kona Grill, and Stack 571 Burger and Whiskey Bar cover most cravings, alongside a Chick-fil-A.
Herriman Towne Center's Main Street corridor, next to City Hall and J. Lynn Crane Park, is where most of the city's in-town dining sits: Slackwater anchors the strip with wood-fired pizza and a patio that fills up on summer evenings, and Layne's Chicken Fingers covers the fast-casual side. Both are an easy walk from the splash pad and the ice ribbon, so it's the natural stop before or after a park visit.
The Commons at Herriman Towne Center, a 215,837-square-foot development under construction at 13400 South and Mountain View Corridor, is the project that changes the math here: a Target anchor, Utah's sixth Trader Joe's (opening fall 2026), a CVS Pharmacy, a Starbucks, and roughly 40,000 square feet set aside for sit-down restaurants with patio seating. Grand opening is targeted for October 2026, timed for the holiday shopping season.
Until the Commons opens, Slackwater and Layne's remain the two sure things inside city limits, and everyone else drives to Mountain View Village or further into Riverton and South Jordan for a bigger night out.
More Places to Eat
For a wider selection without leaving the area, Riverton's retail corridor along 13400 South and the Sandstone development add another dozen or so restaurants within a ten-minute drive, from sushi to Mediterranean to the usual national chains.
None of this replaces a real downtown, but the Commons is designed to be the first step toward one - the first project in Herriman's history built specifically around walkable, sit-down dining rather than drive-through convenience.
Fast-casual staples like Chick-fil-A, Cafe Rio, and Costa Vida all have locations within a few minutes of most Herriman addresses, mostly clustered along Mountain View Corridor and 13400 South rather than inside the city itself - a gap the Commons is meant to close over the next year or two.
There's no In-N-Out inside Herriman city limits either - the nearest locations are in Draper and Riverton, both a short drive away. Fast food and quick-service options cluster along Mountain View Corridor and 13400 South, mostly the same national chains you'd find in any Salt Lake Valley suburb, with a heavier concentration once you cross into Riverton toward Mountain View Village.
Grocery Stores
Grocery coverage inside Herriman is solid but not abundant yet: a Walmart Neighborhood Market and a Smith's both sit on 13400 South, and a WinCo Foods anchors the Anthem Park Boulevard corridor near Mountain View. What's missing - a Harmons, a Costco - is a short drive into Riverton or South Jordan, and that's set to change: Trader Joe's is opening at The Commons at Herriman Towne Center in fall 2026, Utah's sixth location and the first inside city limits.
Walmart Neighborhood Market is at 5056 W 13400 S, Smith's (with pharmacy and fuel center) is at 5560 W 13400 S, and WinCo Foods sits along West Anthem Park Boulevard near Mountain View Corridor. For a Harmons or a Costco, most residents make the short drive into Riverton or South Jordan rather than shopping inside city limits.
In practical terms, from almost any address in Herriman you're within a 10-to-15 minute drive of a full-size grocery store, and that gap closes further once the Commons opens - Trader Joe's alone is expected to change where a lot of Herriman households do their weekly shop.
Commutes
Herriman sits in the southwest corner of Salt Lake County, so almost every commute starts on Mountain View Corridor or Bangerter Highway heading north to reach I-15. Expect roughly 30 to 40 minutes to downtown Salt Lake City in normal traffic, and closer to 20 to 25 minutes to the Sandy/Draper tech corridor. Herriman has no direct freeway interchange of its own, which is the tradeoff for its space and newer homes - Mountain View Corridor is the fastest way north, and it can back up during peak commute hours as more of the southwest valley fills in.
Mountain View Corridor (SR-85) runs the full length of the city on its eastern side, connecting Herriman north toward Riverton, South Jordan, and eventually I-15. Bangerter Highway parallels it a bit further east and is the other main artery most residents use, especially for reaching the shops and restaurants around 13400 South. Herriman Boulevard, Herriman Parkway, and Fort Herriman Parkway carry most of the internal east-west traffic between neighborhoods, and none of them connect directly to a freeway on-ramp inside city limits.
Herriman has no FrontRunner or TRAX station of its own, and that's the honest tradeoff of living this far southwest. The closest rail options are the South Jordan FrontRunner station and the Draper TRAX/FrontRunner stations, both a 15-to-20 minute drive depending on which part of Herriman you're in. UTA Route 126, added in April 2025, runs hourly on weekdays along 12600 South and 13400 South through central Herriman, connecting to TRAX at Daybreak Parkway in South Jordan and at Draper Town Center, but most Herriman commuters drive the full trip.
Drive times, free-flow: downtown Salt Lake City is about 20 miles and 30 to 40 minutes, closer to 45 to 55 in the morning rush. The airport is about 27 miles, roughly 35 to 40 minutes. Sandy is about 8 miles and 15 to 20 minutes, Draper is about 6 miles and 12 to 15 minutes - both faster than the drive downtown. South Jordan and Riverton, the two nearest neighboring cities, are both under 10 minutes for most Herriman addresses.
Schools
Herriman is served by Jordan School District, the same district covering South Jordan, West Jordan, Riverton, Bluffdale, and Copperton. Two public high schools serve the city: Herriman High, at 11917 S Mustang Trail Way, opened in 2010 and is home to the Mustangs. Mountain Ridge High, at 14100 S Sentinel Ridge Boulevard, opened in 2019 as an $82 million campus and is home to the Sentinels - one of the newest high schools in the state. Feeder middle schools include Copper Mountain Middle and Fort Herriman Middle, and elementary options include Blackridge, Butterfield Canyon, Foothills, and Herriman School. Providence Hall operates as a K-11 public charter school in the city as well.
Because Herriman has grown so quickly, the district has redrawn elementary and middle school boundaries more than once in the last decade, and a new subdivision built two years ago might not feed into the school its original marketing promised. If a specific school matters to your decision, it is always worth verifying the current boundary for an exact address before you write an offer, rather than assuming based on a neighborhood's name or a builder's brochure.
Events & Community
As of the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate, Herriman has about 63,282 residents, up from 55,144 in the 2020 census and just 21,785 in 2010 - the city has nearly tripled since 2010. It is one of the youngest and most family-heavy cities in the state: median age 29.8, and 34.6 percent of residents are under 18, well above the county average. Households run large too, at roughly 3.38 people per household, reflecting how many young families have moved in as new neighborhoods have opened.
How walkable is it, honestly? Not very - and I'd rather tell you that than have you find out. Walk Score rates the city around 13, which puts it firmly in car-dependent territory. Herriman Towne Center is the one real exception: Main Street, City Hall, J. Lynn Crane Park, and a growing cluster of shops and restaurants are all within walking distance of each other, and it's the closest thing the city has to a genuine walkable center. Most other neighborhoods, including Rosecrest and Anthem, are built around cul-de-sacs and collector roads rather than a grid, so plan on driving for errands even if a park or school is close by.
New construction is Herriman's real story: the city has around 14,000 additional homes already entitled for future development, more than almost anywhere else in the valley. Builders are actively running incentive programs - rate buydowns, closing-cost credits, upgrade packages - that directly compete with resale listings. If you're selling here, your pricing strategy has to account for what a buyer could get new down the street, not just recent comps. South Hills and Olympia are where most of that new inventory is landing right now, on the city's western edge; my post on Olympia covers what is built and planned there.
The Year, Month by Month
June is the big one: Fort Herriman Towne Days, held at W&M Butterfield Park, is the city's biggest annual event. It runs the traditional small-town-Utah playbook - a parade, a carnival, a car show, and fireworks - and in recent years has added a drone show as a modern twist on the finale. In winter, J Lynn Crane Plaza runs an outdoor ice ribbon from December through February, which is a genuinely unusual amenity for a Utah suburb this size. The rest of the calendar runs through the city's parks and recreation department: youth sports leagues, splash pad season at the neighborhood pads from Memorial Day to Labor Day, and community events centered on Herriman Towne Center and City Hall.
Beyond Fort Herriman Towne Days, most of the city's organized events run through the parks and recreation department rather than a single second signature festival - youth sports league seasons, seasonal markets near Herriman Towne Center, and holiday events like a tree lighting at City Hall each December.
Splash pad season at Rosecrest, Umbria Estates, Herriman City Park, and J Lynn Crane Plaza runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day, and it's the easiest way to keep kids entertained through the hot months without leaving the neighborhood. Summer is also peak season for the youth soccer and lacrosse leagues that use W&M Butterfield Park's open fields.
Once splash pad season ends, J Lynn Crane Plaza flips over to its outdoor ice ribbon for the winter, running December through February - genuinely one of the more distinctive amenities in the Salt Lake Valley for a city Herriman's size, and a good gauge of how much the city invests in year-round programming rather than just summer months.
Questions People Ask Before Moving to Herriman
Is Herriman a good place to raise a family?
By the numbers it is built for it: 34.6 percent of residents are under 18, the average household has 3.38 people, and the city has nearly tripled in population since 2010 as young families moved in. Add more than 20 parks, two splash pads inside Herriman Towne Center alone, an outdoor ice ribbon in winter, a beach at Blackridge Reservoir, and free public pickleball at Big Bend Park, and the practical version of that statistic is that there is always something to do within ten minutes of home.
What is the difference between Rosecrest and the rest of Herriman?
How is the commute to downtown Salt Lake City or Silicon Slopes?
Is Herriman walkable?
Which schools serve Herriman?
How much is Herriman growing, and is there room left?
What is there to do outdoors?
Do I need to drive far for groceries and shopping?
More on Herriman
Deeper reads on specific pieces of the city:
Olympia in Herriman, Utah: What's Being Built on the Old Olympia Hills Land - the new master-planned community on the city's northwest side: homes, schools, roads and timeline.
Buying or Selling in Herriman, Utah? Why Your Agent Needs to Know This Market - what local knowledge is actually worth in this market.
Living in Herriman, Utah: Inside America’s Fastest-Growing City - a shorter overview of the city and how fast it has grown.
Herriman, Utah Schools: What Families Should Know in a Fast-Growing City - how boundaries shift in a city adding schools this quickly.
Daybreak Schools: The Surprising Way South Jordan Kids End Up in Herriman - why some South Jordan addresses feed into Herriman schools.
Photo credits: Herriman High School photo by An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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