[2] The corporate offices of Instructure, Dyno Nobel, the defunct Fusion-io, Extra Space Storage, Breeze Airways, and JetBlue are located in the city.

[5] As the city's name suggests, its geography is dominated by a high ridge separating the valleys of the Big and Little Cottonwood Creeks.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 6.8 square miles (17.6 km2), all land.

According to estimates from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute of the University of Utah,[7] as of 2015, there were 34,234 people living in Cottonwood Heights.

The racial makeup of the county was 86.57% non-Hispanic White, 0.81% Black, 0.60% Native American, 4.51% Asian, 0.88% Pacific Islander, and 2.34% from two or more races.