CO, UT, MT, WY, ID, NM, AZ, NV — Mountain West / Intermountain cities with momentum 50+.
The Mountain West has absorbed a remarkable amount of in-migration — Boise, Bozeman, the Wasatch Front, Park City. Many small towns have seen home values double in five years.
Some of that has cooled. The cities here are ranked by current composite momentum — recent direction, not size of the prior run.
1Hailey, IDHailey · pop 9,97688Hot$906,133median home+2.2%pop CAGR 2Edwards, COEdwards · pop 11,24684Hot$1,717,337median home—pop CAGR 4Carbondale, COGlenwood Springs · pop 6,75882Hot$1,443,194median home+1.2%pop CAGR 7Hyrum, UTLogan · pop 11,04380Hot$451,130median home+4.2%pop CAGR 8Nephi, UTProvo-Orem · pop 7,32679Hot$453,897median home+3.3%pop CAGR 9Kimberly, IDTwin Falls · pop 5,59279Hot$451,205median home+4.9%pop CAGR 11San Luis, AZYuma · pop 40,06478Hot$237,938median home+3.2%pop CAGR 12Highland, UTProvo-Orem · pop 21,14678Hot$977,845median home+2.2%pop CAGR 14West Point, UTOgden-Clearfield · pop 12,72678Hot$559,941median home+3.8%pop CAGR 15Burley, IDBurley · pop 12,21178Hot$330,597median home+1.1%pop CAGR 17Kanab, UT · pop 5,29178Hot$436,116median home+3.1%pop CAGR 18Somerton, AZYuma · pop 14,90277Rising$270,483median home+1.2%pop CAGR 19Jerome, IDTwin Falls · pop 13,48177Rising$403,999median home+2.2%pop CAGR 20Tremonton, UTOgden-Clearfield · pop 12,67777Rising$431,660median home+6.4%pop CAGR 21Vernal, UTVernal · pop 10,69877Rising$292,812median home+1.5%pop CAGR 22Gypsum, COGlenwood Springs · pop 9,21877Rising$696,636median home+3.5%pop CAGR 23Enoch, UTCedar City · pop 8,66477Rising$455,581median home+4.1%pop CAGR 24Gunnison, CO · pop 6,82177Rising$615,330median home+1.0%pop CAGR 25Weiser, ID · pop 6,11277Rising$367,636median home+2.1%pop CAGR 26Thatcher, AZSafford · pop 5,62777Rising$354,023median home+1.8%pop CAGR 27Rathdrum, IDCoeur d'Alene · pop 12,62676Rising$578,248median home+8.2%pop CAGR 28Salem, UTProvo-Orem · pop 11,28376Rising$615,518median home+5.0%pop CAGR 29Rifle, COGlenwood Springs · pop 10,66376Rising$498,163median home+0.5%pop CAGR 30Hyde Park, UTLogan · pop 5,76676Rising$583,147median home+2.4%pop CAGR 31Shelley, IDBlackfoot · pop 5,26276Rising$435,963median home+2.4%pop CAGR 32Golden Valley, AZLake Havasu City-Kingman · pop 8,80176Rising$243,136median home—pop CAGR 33Helena, MTHelena · pop 34,72975Rising$477,090median home+2.0%pop CAGR 34Montrose, COMontrose · pop 21,64675Rising$467,456median home+1.6%pop CAGR 35Hayden, IDCoeur d'Alene · pop 16,92475Rising$645,199median home+2.1%pop CAGR 36Grantsville, UTSalt Lake City · pop 15,68275Rising$535,216median home+5.6%pop CAGR 37Evanston, WYEvanston · pop 11,69175Rising$312,494median home-0.1%pop CAGR 38Delta, COMontrose · pop 9,68875Rising$368,941median home+1.8%pop CAGR 39Price, UTPrice · pop 8,27875Rising$309,148median home+0.2%pop CAGR 41Elk Ridge, UTProvo-Orem · pop 5,00375Rising$692,805median home+1.6%pop CAGR 43Great Falls, MTGreat Falls · pop 60,01374Rising$337,690median home-0.2%pop CAGR 44Syracuse, UTOgden-Clearfield · pop 38,99974Rising$589,392median home+5.0%pop CAGR 45Magna, UTSalt Lake City · pop 31,38174Rising$446,849median home+1.8%pop CAGR 46Payson, UTProvo-Orem · pop 24,66674Rising$472,929median home+4.0%pop CAGR 47North Ogden, UTOgden-Clearfield · pop 22,90874Rising$533,895median home+2.3%pop CAGR 48Smithfield, UTLogan · pop 15,01874Rising$471,283median home+2.6%pop CAGR 49Mapleton, UTProvo-Orem · pop 14,81274Rising$740,380median home+6.8%pop CAGR 50Fruita, COGrand Junction · pop 13,91274Rising$482,996median home+1.0%pop CAGR Sources: Zillow ZHVI, Zillow ZORI, US Census place population. Updated when source agencies publish revisions.