St. George has a population of over 7,600. Many residents commute by car, bus, or ferryboat. The median age of the population is 31 years old. There are roughly 368 cars per hundred people in the city, and there are also about 2,092 ferry boats. Demographic data was gathered from the US Census Bureau's 2020 American Community Survey. Data is not guaranteed to be accurate or up-to-date.
St. George is the county seat of Washington County and is the principal city of the St. George metropolitan statistical area. The city is located in the northeastern portion of the Mojave Desert, adjacent to the Pine Valley Mountains. It is near the convergence of three distinct geologic areas and ecoregions. It is approximately 300 miles from Salt Lake City. While St. George is a small city, it is one of Utah's largest metropolitan areas.