Ferron, Utah.
Typical home $315,665 (+5.8% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$306 (+23%) since Jan 2024.
- 1 year
- Up $17,274 +6%
- $298,391$315,665 since Sep 2025
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.
- Ferron$1,657
- Utah$2,797
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Ferron, UT rose 5.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Ferron, Emery County, Utah
Ferron is a city of 1,474 people in Emery County. Unemployment in Emery County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Emery County work in schools and health care, then transport and warehouses.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Ferron is a small city in Emery County, Utah, and its residents are younger on average than people across the country. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and snow is a regular part of the season. Summers are hot in July, and the town gets little rain and melted snow over the course of a year. Fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than in the country as a whole, and a good number work from home.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in transport, warehouses and utilities, in shops, and in the building trades. Across Emery County, some of the largest workplaces are PacifiCorp, an electric utility, along with Nielson Construction and Emery Telcom. Unemployment across the county is about where it was a year ago, and the county has lost a few jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Millsite State Park is a short drive away and is the nearest place to get outdoors. Farther afield, Manti–La Sal National Forest is a protected area a longer drive away, and the Rochester Rock Art Panel is an archaeological site, also a longer drive away. Huntington State Park is another protected area within a longer drive.
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- 471households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 17%work from home
What people in Emery County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Emery County had 3,628 jobs in 2025, 1.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 36° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 60°. About 25 inches of snow and 9 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Ferron weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Emery County
- PacifiCorpElectric services176
- PacifiCorpElectric services126
- Nielson ConstructionPavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction124
- Emery TelcomInternet service providers, using own operated wired telecommunications infrastructure98
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 524 people in all across the county; Ferron has none of its own. 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
- LightningVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Ferron’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Emery County.
Ferron home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Ferron$315,665
- 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.
- Ferron15
Zip codes with a Ferron address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Ferron — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.