Salt Lake County, UT real estate

What the numbers say

Salt Lake County, UT real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Salt Lake County listed for $574,900, down 4.0% from a year earlier. That is right in line with the Utah median of $579,000.

Homes spent a median of 58 days on the market, slower than 55 days a year ago. That makes Salt Lake County the #2 fastest-selling of 7 Utah counties we track.

Homeowners in Salt Lake County pay a median of $2,836 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $525,700, an effective rate of about 0.54%. The Utah average is 0.52%, which makes Salt Lake County the #22 lowest-tax of 29 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,592 a month, and $1,605 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 30 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $575,000 home here comes to about $3,632 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $156,000 a year (the median household here earns $97,494).