Photo: Localdistrict · CC BY-SA 4.0Measured against area pay, Hideout costs less to live in than 54% of U.S. towns
Census 2020–24 home values, rents, tax bills and cost burden, measured against the median household income of the Heber, UT micro area ($127K). How TownRatings grades cost of living
The grade compares costs with what households across the Heber-area micro earn ($127K, Census 2020–24). The typical home costs 9.0 years of area income, and 44% of renters pay 30% or more of income for housing.
In dollars
- $1,630a month for a two-bedroom, utilities includedHUD Fair Market Rent, 2026
In paychecks the grade
- 9.0 yrsof area income buys the typical home; the typical U.S. town: 3.3$127K, Heber-area income
- 14%of area income goes to the median rent; the typical U.S. town: 18%Census 2020–24
- 15%of owners do; the typical U.S. town: 20%Census 2020–24
Housing in Hideout, in brief
About 15 months of homes for sale
At the pace homes sold in September, it would take about 15.4 months to sell everything listed (Utah: 5.4). The typical home took 82 days to sell and sold at 98% of asking. How fast homes sell ↓
Building at 7 times the Utah pace
Builders were permitted 74 new homes in 2025: 59 per 1,000 residents, against 8.8 across Utah. That’s 633 in the past 10 years. New homes ↓
Renting costs far less than owning
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,630 a month. Owning the typical Hideout home, with 20% down at the calculator’s rate, runs about $7,510 with tax and insurance: 5 times as much. Can I afford it? ↓
Mostly newer homes
Half of Hideout’s homes were built after 2014, against 1992 for Utah as a whole. Property taxes ↓
New building is almost all single-family houses
Of the 633 homes permitted in Hideout’s past 10 years, 99% were single-family houses. New homes ↓
Written from the data on this page. There’s no Zillow index for Hideout, so the typical value is an estimate: the Census median carried forward with the federal house price index; sales and supply are Redfin’s for September 2026; permits are Census figures through 2025; incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Hideout’s grade
Measured against what households in the area earn, Hideout is more affordable than 54% of U.S. towns. Home prices pull the grade down most; the share of households paying 30%+ for housing holds it up.
Home prices up 65% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Hideout rose 65% over the past 5 years, faster than across Utah (53%). Last year prices fell 1.1%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Hideout home at roughly $1,339,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $1.34M.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Hideout, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
Too few sales to read the market
Only 5 homes sold in September 2026, the latest month in Redfin’s figures: too few to describe the market or quote a median sale price.
A typical home costs 9.0 years of area income
The calculator starts from the area income the grade uses. Switch to Hideout’s own median, or type yours.
That’s $810K short of a typical Hideout home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,630 a month here, $5,880 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Hideout’s typical property tax (0.44% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,630
Renters already here pay a median of $1,442, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Summit County, UT): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
74 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 74 new homes in Hideout in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $43.1 million to build. That's 59 per 1,000 residents, faster than across Utah (8.8). Over the past 10 years, Hideout has permitted 633 homes in all.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 45 | 45 | 0 | $25.9 million |
| 2025 | 74 | 74 | 0 | $43.1 million |
| 2024 | 82 | 82 | 0 | $46 million |
| 2023 | 64 | 64 | 0 | $39.7 million |
| 2022 | 81 | 81 | 0 | $50.8 million |
| 2021 | 120 | 120 | 0 | $57 million |
| 2020 | 87 | 87 | 0 | $28.2 million |
| 2019 | 80 | 80 | 0 | $25.6 million |
| 2018 | 11 | 9 | 2 | $3.2 million |
| 2017 | 11 | 9 | 2 | $3.2 million |
| 2016 | 23 | 23 | 0 | $6.5 million |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
High tax bills, but a low tax rate
The median bill is $5,047 (Utah: $2,525), because homes cost more. As a share of value it’s 0.44% a year, against 0.52% statewide.
Census American Community Survey 2020–24: the median real-estate tax bill homeowners report, and that bill ÷ the median home value. Bills include town, school and county taxes. The Census reports bills over $10,000 only as “$10,000+”.
Hideout and its neighbors
One source per column.
Cost next door · one source per column
| Town | Cost | Typical home Zillow, latest | Median value Census 2020–24 | Tax rate bill ÷ value | 2-bed rent HUD 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hideout | B− | — | $1.1M | 0.44% | $1,630 |
“—” under Zillow: Zillow publishes no value for that town, so it’s left blank rather than mixed with Census figures.
Questions about the cost of living in Hideout
Is Hideout expensive to live in?
Measured against what households in the area earn, Hideout costs less than 54% of U.S. towns: a B− for cost of living. The typical home costs 9.0 years of the median household income of the Heber, UT micro area ($127K).
How much is rent in Hideout?
HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $1,630 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in. Renters already here pay a median of $1,442 (Census 2020–24).
What are property taxes in Hideout?
The median bill is $5,047 a year, 0.44% of the median home value (Utah: $2,525, 0.52%), from the Census 2020–24.
Neighbors talk housing
What Hideout buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, September 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer. Regional price levels: BEA; electricity: EIA. How TownRatings grades cost of living.