At $1,606/mo, rent takes about 26% of the local median household income, comfortably within the 30% benchmark.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,606 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in Midvale usually run 1.1% below trend in December and 0.7% above it in August, about $29 a month apart at today's median. Based on 5 years of data.
Rent in Midvale is 1.1% below its high of $1,624 in February 2023, at $1,606 as of September 2026.
Rent in Midvale changed +0.2% over the year to September 2026. Across the 44 Utah cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.8%.
Rent has risen 5 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($75,084) is $1,877 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,720); a 3-bedroom is $2,310.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Midvale. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Midvale, UT is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, 33.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Midvale, UT has changed in 5 years
Rent in Midvale, UT has increased 3.5% since 2022, going from about $1,551 per month to roughly $1,606 today. Local incomes tracked alongside that move, going from a median of $65,897 in 2021 to $75,084 more recently. Income growth outran rent by about 10.4 percentage points, easing the affordability math somewhat compared with 2021. Headcount in the area went from 35,313 to 35,989 between 2021 and 2024, a 1.9% change. About 56.6% of households rent today, against 54.1% in 2021. These shifts give renters and would-be renters a longer baseline for sizing up today's listings against the Midvale, UT market of 2022.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Midvale is $1,606/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,220/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,720/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,430/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,310/mo.
At 26% of local median household income ($75,084/yr), Midvale ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.2% over the past year.
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