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We would like to provide the residents of  Orem  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Orem Home page. The Orem Home page provides as much information as possible on Orem. Knowing Orem’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Orem’s Home page, you will also find Orem’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Orem has a population of 97883. 50.2% of Orem’s inhabitants are Male, and 49.8 are female. 56.1% of Orem is married and 59.3% own their own home. The Average Home price is $297,508, and the average rent is $1,057. Household median income in Orem is $65,622, and the individual median income is $26,368. Orem’s Ethnic is the following: White(88.3%), Hispanic(17%), Multiple(5.2%), Other(2.3%), Asian(1.8%), Pacific(0.9%), Native(0.8%), Black(0.7%).


At one time the area was known as Sharon, a Biblical name for a mostly level strip of land running between mountains and the sea, and the name of the Vermont birth town of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Another former name was Provo Bench. In an apparent attempt to attract more investment to the town and provide an easy way for the large population of farmers with orchards to ship produce, in 1914 it was named after Walter C.


Orem, President of the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad in the early 1900s. Orem was incorporated on May 5, 1919.


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