Monroe, Utah.
Typical home $395,320 (+3.4% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,250 (+152%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,132 +3%
- $382,187$395,320 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $68,648 +21%
- $326,672$395,320 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.
- Monroe$2,075
- Utah$2,797
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.
Typical home values in Monroe, UT rose 3.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Monroe, Sevier County, Utah
Monroe is a city of 2,515 people in Sevier County. Half its households earn more than $66,172 a year and half less, against $74,884 across Sevier County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 83% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 17% are rented. Unemployment in Sevier County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Monroe is a small city in Sevier County, and most homes here are lived in by their owners. Household incomes run below the county's, and the typical home is valued on the high side for a town of this size. Winters are cold, with snow most years, and summers turn properly hot, though the town gets little rain and melted snow over a year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in transport, warehouses and utilities, in shops, and in professional and business services. Across Sevier County, some of the largest workplaces are Walmart, Sevier Valley Hospital and D&A McRae, a trucking company. The typical commute is fairly short, and a modest number of people work from home.
Things to do. The closest outdoor destination is Fish Lake National Forest, a short drive away. Farther afield, Fish Lake itself is a lake reached by a longer drive, as is Fishlake National Forest, the large protected area around it. History lovers can make a longer trip to Fremont Indian State Park and Museum.
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- 1,000households
- 29%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Sevier County had 9,967 jobs in 2025, 0.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 41° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 54°. About 18 inches of snow and 8 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Richfield Radio Ksvc weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Sevier County
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters285
- Sevier Valley HospitalHospitals, general medical and surgical204
- D&A McRaeTrucking, specialized freight, local164
- Sevier Valley HospitalGeneral hospital158FTE
- Associated Food StoresGrocery stores120
- Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture91
- Pitman Farms, Salina Processing PlantProcessed poultry manufacturing68
- USGWall board, ready mixjoint treatment and quarry64
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 19 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,412 people in all across the county; Monroe has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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
- LightningVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Monroe’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Sevier County.
Monroe home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Monroe$395,320
- Utah$532,920
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Monroe listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Monroe17.47%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Monroe27
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Monroe5
Zip codes with a Monroe address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Monroe — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.