Sevier, Utah.
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to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,525 (+120%) since Jan 2020.
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.
- Utah$2,797
- United States$1,922
Living in Sevier, Sevier County, Utah
The Census does not count Sevier on its own, so the figures here are Sevier County's. Half the county's households earn more than $74,884 a year and half less; 10% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 78% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 22% 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 people in Sevier County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Sevier is a small town in Sevier County, Utah, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Winters are cold, with lows well below freezing and a fair amount of snow, while summers are hot. Rainfall is modest, so the seasons are shaped mostly by temperature and snow.
Work. Across Sevier County, many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in the building trades, or in professional and business services. Unemployment has eased over the past year, and the number of jobs has edged up. Most people have short trips to work, and relatively few work from home.
Things to do. Fremont Indian State Park and Museum is a museum in or beside town, which makes it an easy outing. Cove Fort, a fort a longer drive away, offers a look at the area's pioneer-era history. Fishlake National Forest, a protected area also a longer drive away, is a good choice for time outdoors.
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- 7,503households
- 36.8median age
- 23%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 17 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What people in Sevier County 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 December, with highs near 42° and lows near 12°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 51°. About 45 inches of snow and 12 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Fremont Indian Sp weather station, a mile 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. 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
- AvalanchesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Sevier County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Sevier County.
Sevier home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Sevier7
Zip codes with a Sevier address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sevier — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.