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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Highest Price-to-Rent Ratios in Utah

The counties where a home costs the most years of rent. A high ratio does not mean a place is overpriced. It can also mean rents are held down, or that buyers are paying for land, schools or a view that a renter cannot get at any price. It does mean the arithmetic of buying rests more on what the house is worth later and less on what it saves you each month. Median home value over twelve months of median gross rent, both Census five-year estimates.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

Utah ranked

#County Price-to-rentMedian homeMedian rent
1 Summit County 42.3 yrs$1,000,400$1,969
2 Grand County 39.3 yrs$480,900$1,021
3 Juab County 33.6 yrs$369,800$917
4 Morgan County 33.5 yrs$600,900$1,493
5 Rich County 32.7 yrs$291,200$743
6 Wasatch County 31.7 yrs$724,400$1,905
7 Garfield County 30.5 yrs$285,800$781
8 Wayne County 29.9 yrs$364,800$1,018
9 Box Elder County 29.0 yrs$357,400$1,028
10 Cache County 28.8 yrs$392,800$1,137
11 Tooele County 28.8 yrs$391,300$1,134
12 Iron County 28.3 yrs$342,900$1,008
13 Utah County 28.3 yrs$489,200$1,441
14 Sanpete County 27.5 yrs$300,400$911
15 Salt Lake County 27.0 yrs$484,500$1,493
16 Washington County 26.5 yrs$465,600$1,464
17 Kane County 26.1 yrs$350,900$1,120
18 Daggett County 26.0 yrs$242,100$775
19 Sevier County 26.0 yrs$274,100$878
20 Davis County 25.9 yrs$470,500$1,516
21 Weber County 25.6 yrs$389,200$1,269
22 Piute County 24.8 yrs$235,400$792
23 Uintah County 24.6 yrs$270,200$914
24 Emery County 23.6 yrs$197,100$696
25 Beaver County 23.2 yrs$287,600$1,034
26 Millard County 22.9 yrs$246,400$897
27 Duchesne County 22.6 yrs$253,600$934
28 Carbon County 20.2 yrs$200,700$828
29 San Juan County 19.7 yrs$189,900$805

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

Nationwide

Highest Price-to-Rent Ratios across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Utah

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