About Orem
Orem sits in the geographic center of Utah County, bordered by Provo to the south, Lindon to the north, and the foothills of Mount Timpanogos to the east. Roughly 98,000 residents call Orem home, making it Utah County's second-largest city after Provo. The local identity is shaped by Utah Valley University (UVU) — one of the state's largest universities — and by a long-standing family-and-faith culture that produces unusually high owner-occupancy rates. The city is laid out on a clean grid bisected by State Street (US-89) and crossed east-to-west by Center Street and 800 North. I-15 runs along the western edge with three Orem exits. Orem's housing stock is a mix of mid-century brick ramblers in the central neighborhoods, 1980s–2000s two-story homes east of 400 East, newer townhomes and condos clustered near UVU and the freeway, and a steady drip of new construction infill in the north and west.