Cost of Living in Cedar City
Cedar City runs genuinely more affordable than St. George or the Wasatch Front cities built elsewhere in this manifest, layered with Utah's real, current flat 4.45% state income tax and a genuinely low property tax burden.
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Learn moreHousing: genuinely affordable within Southern Utah
Cedar City's median property value ran $379,000 as of a 2024-dated citation, with a more current 2026 Redfin figure closer to $390,000 -- both real, disclosed figures meaningfully below St. George's own housing market, built elsewhere in this manifest.
Utah's flat income tax and Cedar City's low property tax
Utah levies a flat 4.45% state income tax (tax year 2026) statewide. Cedar City's own median effective property tax rate ran a genuinely low 0.44% per Ownwell's analysis, below the Utah statewide median of 0.55%.
A real, disclosed intra-city property tax spread
Cedar City property tax bills carry a real, disclosed spread by ZIP code -- $1,373 in 84721 versus $1,514 in 84720 -- primarily driven by differing school-district levies and local assessment districts rather than a single uniform citywide bill.
Key takeaways
- Cedar City's housing runs genuinely more affordable than St. George or the Wasatch Front cities.
- Utah's flat 4.45% income tax applies statewide; Cedar City's property tax rate runs genuinely low (0.44%).
- Property tax bills carry a real, disclosed spread by ZIP code within Cedar City itself.
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