// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Salt Lake City?
Salt Lake City scores 46% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #134 of 297 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
46%
Rank
#134 / 297
Criteria present
33 / 86
Evidence coverage
53.5%
Salt Lake City's smart city score by area
7 present · 2 partial · 3 absent · 3 not assessed
6 present · 0 partial · 5 absent · 1 not assessed
6 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 4 not assessed
4 present · 2 partial · 2 absent · 3 not assessed
4 present · 0 partial · 6 absent · 3 not assessed
4 present · 2 partial · 2 absent
2 present · 5 partial · 5 absent · 2 not assessed
Where Salt Lake City is strong
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Food Security & Urban Agriculture
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Active & Shared Mobility
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
Where the gaps are
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Solid Waste & Circular Economy
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency
- ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
Salt Lake City operates an official open data portal, Data.SLC.gov, which serves as a data catalog providing public access to data created and maintained by the city.
https://data.slc.gov/Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
Salt Lake City publishes high-value datasets including 'Salt Lake City Water Quality' and 'Public Utilities GIS maps' (environment), 'Snowplow Activity Live snowplow GPS tracking' (transport), and information on the city's annual budget.
https://www.slc.gov/council/Digital Government Services · Citizen reporting / 311 channel
Salt Lake City provides a 'mySLC' tool, described as a platform for communicating needs and concerns with city staff, requesting services, and reporting non-emergency issues.
https://www.slc.gov/Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin · Live city data dashboard
Salt Lake City provides public dashboards such as the Homelessness Services Dashboard, which offers daily bed capacity and annual reports, and a live snowplow GPS tracking system.
https://data.slc.govAbout this assessment
Salt Lake City was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-10 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.