Central, Utah.
Typical home $385,191 (+0.8% in a year). St. George, UT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,149 (+132%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,988 +1%
- $382,203$385,191 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $46,686 +14%
- $338,505$385,191 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Central$2,022
- Utah$2,797
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 27 years.
Typical home values in Central, UT rose 0.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Central, Washington County, Utah
Central, in Washington County, had 656 people in the 2020 census. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% are rented. Unemployment in Washington County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 3.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Washington County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Central is a very small community in Washington County, Utah, where nearly all homes are lived in by their owners. Poverty is low, and a typical home here is worth more than many people might expect for a place this size. Winters are cold, with a little snow, and summers turn hot.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in professional and business services, with restaurants, hotels and entertainment close behind. Across Washington County, the largest workplaces include St. George Regional Hospital and Utah Tech University. The typical commute is a long one, and unemployment across the county has held steady compared with a year ago.
Things to do. Snow Canyon State Park and Gunlock State Park are the best known of the protected areas nearby, both a longer drive away. The Santa Clara River is also a longer drive away, and the St. George Opera House, a theatre, is another trip of the same length.
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- 5%below the poverty line
- 36 mintypical commute
What people in Washington County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washington County had 89,775 jobs in 2025, 3.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 47° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 64°. About 11 inches of snow and 14 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Veyo Powerhouse weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Washington County
- St George Regional HospitalGeneral hospital2,005FTE
- Utah Tech UniversityUniversity or college1,524
- AD HDQ - HeadquartersTransportation air carriers1,045
- WalmartGeneral warehousing and storage807
- Washington CountyGeneral public administration686
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters488
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters423
- Costco WholesaleWholesale grocer422
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 124 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 17,380 people in all across the county; Central has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- WildfireVery high
- LightningVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- LandslidesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- AvalanchesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Central’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Washington County and the St. George, UT metro.
Central home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Central$385,191
- Utah$532,920
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Central9
Zip codes with a Central address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Central — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.