What is the property tax rate in Utah?

The statewide effective rate is 0.53% of home value, from a median bill of $2,412 on a median home of $455,000. Rates are set locally rather than by the state, so this is a weighted outcome across 25 counties rather than a posted figure.

Which Utah county has the highest property tax?

San Juan County at 0.84%, and Summit County is the lowest at 0.35%. A spread that wide inside one state is normal: school district funding varies far more than state policy does.

How much is property tax on a $400,000 home in Utah?

Roughly $2,120 a year at the state effective rate, though the county matters more than the state. Pick your county below for a closer figure.

Is Utah expensive to live in?

Prices overall run at 98.9 against a national 100, ranking it #21 of 51. Housing is the part that moves: rents there sit at 107.8. Full cost of living breakdown.

Utah property tax by county

The median Utah homeowner pays $2,412 a year in property tax on a home worth $455,000, an effective rate of 0.53%. That ranks Utah #45 of 51 states, against a national 0.98%.

Effective rate 0.53% #45 of 51 states

Median bill $2,412 U.S. $2,969

Median home $455,000 #7 most expensive

Counties covered 25 over 5,000 people

Why the county matters more than the state

San Juan County charges an effective 0.84% and Summit County 0.35%, a spread of 0.49 points inside one state. Property tax in the United States is set by counties, cities, school districts and special districts, not by states. A statewide figure is a weighted average of thousands of separate decisions, and it can be a poor guide to any particular address.

Utah sits 0.45 points below the national effective rate. A low rate is not the same as a low bill: on an expensive home it can still produce a large one. House prices in the state moved +1.0% over the year to 2026 Q2, which changes the denominator of this rate over time.

Every county ranked

Utah counties by effective property tax rate, ACS 2023 five-year estimates
#	County	Rate	Median bill	Home value	Rent	Income
1	San Juan County	0.84%	$1,603	$189,900	$805	$54,890
2	Carbon County	0.64%	$1,288	$200,700	$828	$53,673
3	Duchesne County	0.64%	$1,611	$253,600	$934	$74,738
4	Weber County	0.62%	$2,415	$389,200	$1,269	$87,083
5	Tooele County	0.59%	$2,303	$391,300	$1,134	$101,846
6	Emery County	0.58%	$1,151	$197,100	$696	$69,956
7	Salt Lake County	0.56%	$2,726	$484,500	$1,493	$94,658
8	Sevier County	0.55%	$1,513	$274,100	$878	$73,765
9	Davis County	0.54%	$2,546	$470,500	$1,516	$108,058
10	Uintah County	0.54%	$1,447	$270,200	$914	$69,861
11	Millard County	0.54%	$1,319	$246,400	$897	$70,877
12	Morgan County	0.54%	$3,264	$600,900	$1,493	$126,092
13	Box Elder County	0.51%	$1,828	$357,400	$1,028	$77,865
14	Sanpete County	0.51%	$1,536	$300,400	$911	$67,459
15	Cache County	0.49%	$1,929	$392,800	$1,137	$78,292
16	Utah County	0.46%	$2,234	$489,200	$1,441	$96,877
17	Juab County	0.46%	$1,708	$369,800	$917	$89,803
18	Washington County	0.45%	$2,076	$465,600	$1,464	$76,411
19	Wasatch County	0.45%	$3,230	$724,400	$1,905	$115,146
20	Iron County	0.42%	$1,444	$342,900	$1,008	$65,527
21	Grand County	0.42%	$2,012	$480,900	$1,021	$62,521
22	Kane County	0.42%	$1,470	$350,900	$1,120	$75,000
23	Beaver County	0.39%	$1,121	$287,600	$1,034	$85,603
24	Garfield County	0.38%	$1,087	$285,800	$781	$61,688
25	Summit County	0.35%	$3,469	$1,000,400	$1,969	$137,058

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates. The effective property tax rate is median taxes paid divided by median home value. The two medians come from different distributions, so it approximates the typical rate rather than describing any one household.