Rents are 13% below what Sandy's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
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 $1,719 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 Sandy usually run 0.8% below trend in December and 0.6% above it in June, about $24 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in Sandy is 1.3% below its high of $1,741 in March 2025, at $1,719 as of September 2026.
Rent in Sandy changed +0.1% over the year to September 2026. Across the 44 Utah cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.8%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Sandy rose 30.9% while median household income rose 19.3% ($94,018 to $112,176). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Sandy is 28.4% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 5 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($112,176) is $2,804 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,290); a 3-bedroom is $3,077.
The priciest of 3 ZIP codes in Sandy, 84093 ($2,604/mo), costs 1.6 times the cheapest, 84070 ($1,610/mo).
Murray, 7 miles away, rents for 15% less ($1,465/mo), about $3,000 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Sandy. 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
Sandy, UT is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 46% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Sandy, UT has changed in 5 years
Since 2021, the typical rent in Sandy, UT has climbed from $1,444 to $1,719, a 19.0% change over five years. Median household income rose from $100,749 to $112,176 between 2021 and 2024, a 11.3% shift. That spread, with rent up faster than earnings, points to a tougher affordability environment than five years ago. The population has contracted by 2.1% since 2021, moving from about 96,272 residents to roughly 94,291. Renters now make up 24.8% of households, compared with 22.3% five years ago. Taken together, the five-year picture in Sandy, UT reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Sandy rent by bedroom count
Median rent for each apartment size in Sandy. Click any size for full breakdown.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Sandy is $1,719/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,630/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,290/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,903/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,077/mo.
At 18% of local median household income ($112,176/yr), Sandy ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.1% over the past year.
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