Saint George, Utah.
Typical home $516,153 (-0.6% in a year), asking rent $1,798 (-0.0%). St. George, UT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,457 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $2,969 -1%
- $519,122$516,153 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $31,822 +7%
- $484,331$516,153 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.
- Saint George$2,709
- Utah$2,797
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 54 years.
Typical home values in Saint George, UT fell 0.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Asking rents in Saint George, UT fell 0.0% over the past year — slower than the nation's +2.7%.
Owning the typical home in Saint George runs $1,646/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $1,892 in Oct 2023.
That is $3,443 a month against $1,798 rent: a $2,709 mortgage payment, plus $182 property tax and $553 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — Saint George
The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.
- Owning all in$3,443
- Renting$1,798
- Mortgage only$2,709
Property tax · $182/mo 0.42% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Washington County, UT
Insurance & upkeep · $553/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.
Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.
Living in Saint George, Washington County, Utah
Saint George is a city of 95,342 people in Washington County. Half its households earn more than $76,508 a year and half less, against $80,632 across Washington County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 67% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 33% are rented. Unemployment in Saint George was 3.8% in August 2026, and Washington County had 3.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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. Saint George is a large city in Washington County, and its residents are somewhat younger than you might expect for a place with so much retirement appeal. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values and rents are on the high side. Household incomes run a little below the county's as a whole. Winters are mild, with only a dusting of snow, while summers are very hot and dry, with little rain through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by professional and business services, restaurants and hotels, and shops. Among the largest workplaces in town are Washington County, Walmart and Costco Wholesale. Jobs across the county grew over the past year, and the typical commute is short, with a good number of people working from home.
Things to do. Snow Canyon State Park is a protected area of red rock a short drive away, and the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area is another short drive off. In town, the St. George Opera House is a theatre, and the Santa Clara River runs in or beside town. Sand Hollow State Park, also protected land, is a longer drive away.
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- 36,490households
- 37%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 17 mintypical commute
- 14%work from home
What residents 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 53° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 102° and lows near 72°. About 1 inches of snow and 9 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the St. George weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Saint George
- AD HDQ - HeadquartersTransportation air carriers1,045
- Washington CountyGeneral public administration686
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters423
- Costco WholesaleWholesale grocer422
- Stephen Wade Auto CenterAutomobile dealers, new only or new and used391
- Wilkinson Electric, Inc. HQElectric contracting314
- Family Dollar, LLC DC210General warehousing and storage294
- Findlay Automotive of Utah IMCNew car dealers250
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 68 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 8,598 people in all. 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
- WildfireVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- AvalanchesRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesrelatively high in parts of Saint GeorgeRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Saint George’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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.
Saint George home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Saint George$516,153
- 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 4 Saint George listings, and the typical home goes pending in 44 days — the market is cooling.
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.
- Saint George28.50%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Saint George44
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Saint George963
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Saint George221
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Saint George$499,769
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Saint George98.45%
Zip codes with a Saint George address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Saint George — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Saint George
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84790 | Saint George | 55,892 | $1,895 | $541,496 |
| 84770 | Saint George | 48,397 | $1,654 | $482,400 |