Looking to buy a house in Salt Lake County? You’ll need to earn nearly $187,000 a year to afford a typical single-family home.
That’s according to the latest report by the Salt Lake Board of Realtors, which labeled single-family homes “severely unaffordable” in 16 municipalities throughout Utah’s most populated county, based on what locals actually earn versus how much a median home costs.
The income needed to be able to buy an affordable property in Salt Lake County has jumped to the highest level in two years, $186,827, up 7.75% from the first quarter of 2026, according to the board’s Q2/Mid-Year 2026 Municipal Affordability Tracking Report…