Draper, UT — Momentum Score, Home Values & Best-For

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Salt Lake County · Salt Lake City · population 50,166

Draper, UT
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59
Stable
Momentum score · 0–100

Where Draper stands

Steady, no major recent move.

Median home $818,832
1-year +1.8%
5-yr CAGR +4.7%
vs 5-yr peak -2.8%
Population -0.4%/yr

Home value trajectory · last 10 years

Zillow ZHVI · monthly
peak 2022-06$819k$388k$551k$713k$876k201620182020202220242026

Lifestyle scores

🚶
Walkability
40/100
Car-dependent
Estimated from population density. Higher = denser, more amenities within walking distance.
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Public transit
22/100
Transit limited
Curated list of major US transit systems + population-based estimate. Higher = real subway/rail/bus options.
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Remote work fit
72/100
Strong remote-work fit
Composite of city size, housing cost, state tax structure, and region's remote-work track record.

Scores are heuristic estimates from population density, state, and known transit/walkable cities. Not based on a paid Walk Score / Transit Score API — see methodology for the formula.

Rent trajectory · last 5 years

Zillow ZORI · monthly
$1,647/mo$1,240$1,508$1,775202220242026

Home value vs rent · indexed to 100

Both rebased at first month of ZORI data (~2015)
Home valueRent126125100120202220242026

Rent vs buy

Price-to-rent ratio: 41.4
Rent

At a 41.4 price-to-rent ratio, renting beats buying in Draper for most shorter holds. The premium you pay to own would take many years of rent savings to recoup, and that's before maintenance, taxes, and opportunity cost on the down payment.

How the momentum score breaks down

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Home YoY
59 · w22%
Home 5-yr CAGR
63 · w22%
Distance from peak
73 · w18%
Population growth
39 · w16%
Rent YoY
47 · w12%
Home 10-yr CAGR
74 · w10%
Long thesis

Draper has held up across the cycle: home values at $818,832 with +4.7% 5-year CAGR. The bull case is structural — population, location, employer base — and holds even if next year's print is soft.

Short thesis

Draper carries a $818,832 median home with only +1.8% YoY. Premium pricing in a flat tape is the bear setup — you're paying for the trend that already ran while new buyers can't afford to extend it.

About Draper

Draper is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, with an estimated population of 50,166. It anchors the Salt Lake City metro area. The median home value in Draper is $818,832 as of 2026-04, up 1.8% over the last 12 months. Over the last five years, home values have averaged +4.7% annual growth (-2.8% from the 5-year peak). Rents in Draper average $1,647 per month, roughly flat year-over-year (+0.3%). The composite momentum score is 59 of 100 (Stable). Conditions are neither hot nor cold, so the local fit matters more than market timing.

▲ Bull case

●Held the highs: currently -2.8% from the 5-year peak — this market refused to give back gains.
○The data is the data: Draper has at least 5 years of Zillow tracking, full Census identification, and is included in the 2-criteria momentum score on this page.

▼ Bear case

●Expensive AND not growing: median home $818,832 with only +1.8% YoY. You’re paying premium pricing for a flat trend.
●Flat or shrinking population: -0.4% per year. Housing demand has to come from somewhere — verify the source.

About Draper (Wikipedia)

Draper is a city in Salt Lake and Utah counties in the U.S. state of Utah, about 20 miles (32 km) south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. As of the 2020 census, the population is 51,017, up from 7,143 in 1990.

Source: Wikipedia · this summary is contributed and licensed under CC-BY-SA.

City facts

Area29.96 sq mi
Elevation4751 ft
Settled1849
Densityauto/sq mi

Extracted from the Wikipedia infobox. Values may be slightly out of date relative to the latest sources.

Playbook

Buyer

Lifestyle fit matters more than market timing in a Stable market. Take your time on the home and neighborhood; the macro trend isn't urgent. Negotiate normally.

Seller

Price competitively from day one or risk a 60+ day listing. Staging, photography, and presentation matter more in Stable markets than in Hot ones.

Investor

Stable cap rates, no big appreciation story to lean on. Underwrite this as a pure cash-flow play — the math has to work on rent alone.

Local safety & alerts

No active National Weather Service alerts for Salt Lake County right now.

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Run the numbers for Draper

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Sources: Zillow ZHVI (home values), Zillow ZORI (rents), US Census ACS + place population. Updated when source agencies publish revisions.

Climate & natural-disaster risk

Winter (Jan)
36° / 20°
avg high / low
Summer (Jul)
92° / 64°
avg high / low
Sunny days/yr
226
~62% of year
Annual precip
12″ rain
53″ snow
Disaster risk (1=very low, 5=very high)
Hurricane
Very low
Tornado
Very low
Wildfire
High
Earthquake
Moderate
Flood
Low

State-level averages from NOAA Climate Normals (1991-2020) and FEMA National Risk Index. City-level conditions can vary significantly within a state.

Local sports teams

Major professional teams the Salt Lake City area cheers for. Detailed stats, schedules, and player pages on intherafters.com.

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Local news & community

Updated 2026-05-21 from Google News + Reddit RSS. Headlines link to original sources.

Local economy & environment

Humidity
51%
Dry climate
Median household income
$89,100
Utah state median
Top industries (state-level)
Tech (SL Valley)HealthcareTourism

Humidity is annual average relative humidity (NOAA). Income is Census ACS 5-year estimate. Industries are largest employment sectors statewide (BLS); the local mix in a given city may vary.

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