Utah homebuyers face a $539,949 median price, 29% above the national figure. Against the state's $96,658 median household income, that's a 5.6x price-to-income ratio.
Property taxes in Utah average 0.48% of assessed value, below the 1.1% national average. On the median home, that's $2,592 a year, or $216 added to the monthly payment.
Unlike the nine no-income-tax states, Utah taxes wage income at 4.5% flat. Worth running your actual take-home pay against the $3,201/month payment here before locking in a target price.
Day-to-day expenses statewide track at 100 against the national 100 baseline, at average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Utah's median home price runs almost identical to Colorado, both landing close to $539,949.