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What's Your Home Worth in South Jordan? A Broker's Read, Not an Algorithm's
South Jordan's median sale price was $648,350 in July 2026 across 119 closed sales. That number tells you about the city. It does not tell you about your house. Here is what the real MLS data actually says, which figures the portals get wrong, and how to get a number for your specific address.
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Quick answer: South Jordan’s median sale price was $648,350 in July 2026, up 2.3 percent year over year, across 119 closed sales. Year to date the median is $627,500 on 715 sales, up 12.8 percent in volume. Homes sold at 99.07 percent of final list price but only 97 percent of original list. Average days on market for July was 68; the year-to-date median was 43. Months of supply is 3.5.
Source: RapidStats, Wasatch Front Regional MLS, data run August 12, 2026, period July 2026. Compiled by Kris Bowen, Real Estate Broker, LPT Realty.
The South Jordan numbers, and what each one is actually measuring
| Measure | July 2026 | Year to date 2026 |
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| Median sale price | $648,350 (+2.3% YoY) | $627,500 (+1.8% YoY) |
| Average sale price | $764,452 | $724,995 (+6.4% YoY) |
| Closed sales | 119 | 715 (+12.8% YoY) |
| Days on market, average | 68 | 60 (prior year 55) |
| Days on market, median | 43 | |
| Percent of final list price | 99.07% (median 100%) | |
| Percent of original list price | 96.9% | 97% |
| Months of supply | 3.5 (prior month 3.8) | |
| Active inventory | 414 | |
| New listings / pending | 184 / 156 | |
| Price per square foot | ~$230 |
The one number that should change how you price
Look at these two lines again:
- Sold at 99.07 percent of final list price, with a median of exactly 100 percent
- Sold at 97 percent of original list price
Those are the same homes, measured against two different asking prices. The difference between them is the price cut.
Read plainly: the typical South Jordan home that was priced correctly on day one sold at its asking price. The homes that dragged the original-list figure down to 97 percent are the ones that launched high, sat, and reduced. That two-point gap on a $627,500 median works out to roughly $13,000, and the seller paid it in exchange for the weeks the house spent on market learning the price.
This is the single most useful thing in South Jordan’s data and no portal publishes it, because Utah is a non-disclosure state. Sale prices are not public record here. That figure comes out of the MLS.
Why the two days-on-market numbers disagree, and which one is yours
July’s average was 68 days. The year-to-date median was 43.
That is not a contradiction, it is a distribution. Most homes sold in about six weeks. A smaller group sat for months and pulled the average up by 25 days on its own. Almost without exception, the long tail is priced wrong, shown badly, or both.
So when someone tells you “homes in South Jordan take a little over two months to sell,” they are quoting the average and describing a problem, not a market. Price it right and 43 days is the number to plan around.
Worth noting for context: South Jordan had the third-slowest average days on market of the 18 ranked cities in Salt Lake County in July 2026, behind South Salt Lake at 87 and Herriman at 73. It also had the second-most closed sales of any city in the county, behind only Salt Lake City. High volume and a longer average at the same time is what a large, actively building city looks like.
What kind of market is this
Months of supply: 3.5, improved from 3.8 the month before. Four to six months is the conventional definition of balanced.
At 3.5 months with 414 active listings, South Jordan is tighter than balanced but nothing like 2021. Buyers have choices, time to inspect, and room to ask for concessions. Sellers still get their price when the pricing is right. Both of those things are true at once, which is why the advice that worked three years ago produces bad outcomes now.
The wider county context, for what it is worth: the Salt Lake Board of Realtors reported a record Salt Lake County median of $645,000 for the second quarter of 2026, up 4.88 percent, on 2,334 single-family sales. Their chief economist attributed prices to demand and low unemployment, and noted there are not stressed sellers in this market.
Why the city number is not your number
Everything above describes South Jordan. None of it describes your house.
South Jordan is not one market. Daybreak alone runs on its own supply and demand, with new construction competing directly against resale a street away. The older east side near 1300 West is a different product entirely, and the newer south end is different again. A 1998 rambler with an unfinished basement and a 2021 build with a finished one can share a ZIP code and nothing else.
The things that move your specific number:
- Which comparable sales genuinely apply, which is a judgment call and the single largest variable
- Condition and updates, from a full kitchen remodel to a roof at end of life
- Basement finish, which distorts price per square foot more than anything else in this market
- New construction competing nearby, because a builder with standing inventory and an incentive budget is a competitor you cannot see on Zillow
- Lot, street, and orientation
- Timing, since a home listed in April and the same home listed in November are different sales
Get the number for your address
I will pull the live MLS activity for your specific neighborhood, work out which comparable sales actually apply to your home, and give you a real number with the data behind it. Free, no obligation, and if the answer is “this is not the right time to sell,” I will tell you that.
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Market figures are from RapidStats reporting on Wasatch Front Regional MLS data, period July 2026, retrieved August 12, 2026. Aggregate figures only; Utah is a non-disclosure state and individual sale prices are not public record. Market data describes past closed transactions and is not a prediction. A valuation of your specific property requires reviewing the property.
What's Your Home Worth in South Jordan? A Broker's Read, Not an Algorithm's FAQ
Frequently asked questions
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What is the average home price in South Jordan, Utah?
South Jordan's median sale price was $648,350 in July 2026, up 2.3 percent from a year earlier, across 119 closed sales. The average sale price was higher at $764,452, because a handful of large sales pull the average up. Year to date through July, the median was $627,500 and the average was $724,995. Median is the more useful figure for a typical homeowner. Source: RapidStats from the Wasatch Front Regional MLS, data run August 12, 2026.
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How long does it take to sell a house in South Jordan?
It depends which measure you use, and the two disagree. Average days on market for July 2026 was 68. The year-to-date median was 43. The median is closer to a normal sale, because a small number of very slow listings, usually the overpriced ones, drag the average up. Plan on roughly six weeks if you price correctly, and understand that the 68-day average is what happens when sellers do not.
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Do South Jordan homes sell for asking price?
Year to date through July 2026, South Jordan homes sold at 99.07 percent of their final list price, with a median of exactly 100 percent. But they sold at only 97 percent of their original list price. The gap between those two numbers is the price reduction. Homes that were priced right the first time sold at asking. Homes that were not gave up roughly two percent, which on a $627,500 median is about $13,000.
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Is South Jordan a buyer's or seller's market right now?
Balanced, leaning slightly toward buyers. Months of supply was 3.5 in July 2026, down from 3.8 the month before. Four to six months is generally considered balanced, so at 3.5 South Jordan is still on the tighter side, but inventory at 414 active listings is well above where it sat during the frenzy years. Sellers are not in control the way they were in 2021, and buyers are not either.
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How accurate is Zillow's estimate for my South Jordan home?
An automated estimate works from public records and has never been inside your house. Utah is also a non-disclosure state, which means sale prices are not public record here the way they are in most states, so automated models in Utah are working with less data than they are in Phoenix or Denver. That does not make them useless as a starting point. It does mean the number is a wide range presented as a single figure, and the parts that most affect your price, condition, finishes, and which comparable sales genuinely apply, are exactly the parts it cannot see.
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How many homes sell in South Jordan each year?
South Jordan closed 715 sales year to date through July 2026, up 12.8 percent from the same period a year earlier. In July alone there were 119 closings, the second-most of any city in Salt Lake County behind Salt Lake City, on 184 new listings and 156 pending sales.
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What is the price per square foot in South Jordan?
About $230 per square foot year to date through July 2026. Treat that as a sanity check rather than a pricing method. Price per square foot varies enormously between a finished basement and an unfinished one, between a 1998 build and a 2022 build, and between Daybreak and the older east side of the city.
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