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Housing in Deseret

A typical Deseret home is worth roughly $243,000

Home prices around Deseret have risen about 75% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$243K
▼ 0.4% in a year · UT $535K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,220
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$975
UT $2,525

What kind of housing town is Deseret?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Deseret

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You could afford about
$391,000
Typical Deseret home $243K

That covers a typical Deseret home, with $148K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,380
Loan $1,200Tax $100Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,220 a month here, $160 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Utah typical property tax (0.52% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

1 of Deseret’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Deseret’s homes were built before 1954.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 100%

Utah: 70% own.

1954
typical home built · UT 1992
$975
median property tax bill · UT $2,525
Historic houses in Deseret

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Price trend

Home prices up 75% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Deseret rose 75% over the past 5 years, faster than across Utah (53%). Prices were about flat last year.

Deseret areaUtah
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%+250%+300%200020052010201520202025
−0.4%
past year
+75%
past 5 years
+136%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Deseret, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,220

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$890
1 bedroom$930
2 bedrooms$1,220
3 bedrooms$1,680
4 bedrooms$1,690
0%
of households rent · UT 30%

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Millard County, UT): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Deseret vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Deseret. Tap one to see its housing page.

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TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Deseret$243K*−0.4%†$1,220—
Oasis—−0.4%†$1,220—

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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