A typical Emery home is worth roughly $134,000
No new homes were permitted in 2021.
What kind of housing town is Emery?
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What it takes to buy in Emery
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That covers a typical Emery home, with $256K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $210 more 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.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Emery County, UT): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2021
No permits for new homes were issued in Emery in 2021. The last year with any was 2019 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Emery gained 19 residents while 8 new homes were permitted: about 2.4 new residents per new home. Building and growth moved roughly in step. Across Utah: 2.7 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $33,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $33,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $33,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $33,000 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $321,000 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $580,000 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $69,000 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $88,000 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $293,000 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $50,000 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $240,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $110,000 |
Emery's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2021, so the 2021 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
78% of Emery households own their home
Half of Emery’s homes were built before 1970.
Utah: 70% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
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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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.