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Show Average Summit County Home Worth $12,400; 1,727 Homes Here the nation as a whole. In 1960 about 71.7 of all housing units in Utah were owner-occupied, compared with 61.9 for the entire nation. In other words, the proportion of homeowners in Utah now is about 10 greater than the national average. Ten years ago, the relative advantage for Utah was 16. During 1970 Utah ranked 8th among the fifty states in the proportion of housing hous-ing units which are owner occupied. oc-cupied. In 1960 Utah ranked 3rd by this measure. The median value of owner-occupied, owner-occupied, single-family homes in Summit County during 1970 was $12,400. This was pointed out by Utah Foundation, the private research organization in their analysis of the 1970 Census of Housing. Throughout the state of Utah, the median value of owner-occupied, single-family homes in 1970 was $16,800, an amount equal to the U.S. Median of $17,000. Median home values ranged from a high of $3 5, 100 in Hawaii to a low of $10,500 in Arkansas. In the Mountain States the median value was $16,300. Within Utah, the report notes that the most expensive housing was found in Holladay (an unincorporated un-incorporated suburban community com-munity within Salt Lake County) wher e the median value of owner-occupied, single-family homes was $26,600. The lowest median values were listed for Piute County ($7,300) and Juab County ($7,800). According to the report, the value extremes in Utah housing are not as great as they are nationwide. Only 14 of the owner-occupied, one-family homes in Utah, for example, are valued below $10,000, compared com-pared with 22 for the nation as a whole. At the other end of the scale, only 6 of the Utah families live in homes worth $35,000 or more, compared with 10 for the nation. The study notes, however, that there still is considerable, variation within Utah.Most of the lower priced homes in Utah are located in the rural areas of the state. In Juab, Piute, Emery and Sanpete Counties, for exampke, more than 60 of the single-family, owner-occupied housing units are valued under $10,000. Altogether, there were 1,727 occupied housing units in Summit Sum-mit County duringl970. Of these 77.9 were owner occupied. Although Utah still is well above the national average in the proportion of home-owners, the relative advantage has been reduced somewhat during the past decade. According to the Foundation study, approximately approx-imately 69.3 of the total housing hous-ing units in Utah during 1970 were occupied by the owner. This compares with an owner-occupancy owner-occupancy rate of 62.9 for |
