Lehi vs. South Jordan for New Townhomes: Which Is a Better Value?

Lehi runs about $38,000 less than Herriman at the median for a new single-family home ($766,800 vs. $804,900), with nearly identical price per square foot and lot size. Lehi keeps you in Utah County with faster access to the tech corridor and the Provo side; Herriman is the Salt Lake County option with a shorter…

Saratoga Springs and West Jordan produce similar median property tax bills on new single-family construction – about $2,773 versus about $2,720 – but Saratoga Springs does it at a lower effective rate (about 0.45% versus about 0.518% of value). On a same-priced home, Saratoga Springs is the lower-tax choice by roughly 15%. Effective rates are…

As of September 2026, Salt Lake City has about 10 active new single-family listings, with a median near $1,214,500 ($556/sq ft, roughly 2,764 sq ft on a 0.16-acre lot) and about 15 active new townhome listings, median near $524,999 ($330/sq ft, roughly 1,593 sq ft). New construction inside Salt Lake City is scattered infill —…

Cedar Hills has only 2 active new-construction listings on the MLS as of August 2026, priced from $2,500,000 to $3,890,000. Both are single-family homes in the luxury tier, and there are zero townhomes or condos. With just 2 listings, both well above $2.5M, new construction in Cedar Hills right now is essentially a wait-for-it situation…

Elk Ridge has only 9 active new-construction listings on the MLS as of August 2026, priced from $1,100,000 to $2,990,000. All 9 are single-family homes, and every single one is priced at $800,000 or more — there’s no entry-level new construction in Elk Ridge right now, and no townhomes or condos at all. If Elk…

Mapleton has 123 active new-construction listings on the MLS as of August 2026, spanning a huge price range — $309,900 to $6,802,100. That volume is concentrated in a couple of dense condo and townhome projects, not broad building activity across the city, and it shows in the breakdown: 47 condos ($309,900-$343,900), 33 townhomes ($404,900-$518,900), and…