Orem housing market
What sellers are asking around Orem, how long listings sit, what rents are advertised at and how many homes the city has authorized, from the newest month each public source had published. Every number names its source and month. There are no sale prices here: Utah does not make them public.
Asking prices and days on market
Realtor.com publishes these by ZIP code, not by city limits, so read each row as the area around Orem. For comparison, Utah County's median asking price in September 2026 was $569,950.
| ZIP, September 2026 | Median asking price | vs. county | Median days on market | Active listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orem (84057) | $464,675 | 18.5% below | 52 | 83 |
| Orem (84058) | $527,225 | 7.5% below | 50 | 61 |
| Orem (84097) | $715,999 | 25.6% above | 59 | 47 |
Source: Realtor.com Inventory Core Metrics, ZIP code file; county figure from Realtor.com via FRED (MEDLISPRI49049). Period: September 2026. Checked 2026-10-20. With a few dozen listings in a ZIP, one expensive house can move the median.
Rent
Zillow's Observed Rent Index for Orem was $1,512 a month in September 2026, against $1,480 a year earlier (up 2.2%). The Provo metro figure was $1,773, so Orem sits 14.7% below the metro. The index blends houses, condos and apartments and is an asking-rent measure, not what tenants pay.
Source: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), city and metro files, smoothed, all homes plus multifamily. Period: September 2026. Checked 2026-10-20.
Building permits
| Orem, units authorized | August 2026 | Year to date |
|---|---|---|
| Single-family | 6 | 42 |
| Two to four units | 0 | 20 |
| Five or more units | 0 | 0 |
| All units | 6 | 62 |
None of Orem's units authorized this year were in buildings of five or more units. A permit is permission to build, not a finished home, and one apartment project can swing a city's year.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, West Region place files (month, year to date). Period: August 2026; year to date covers 8 months. Checked 2026-10-20.
Apartment profiles in Orem
Wolverine Crossing · Midtown 360 · Ventana · University Towers Apartments · Canyon View Crossing · Canyon View Apartments · Axis Luxury Living · Promenade Place · Summerwood · The Green on Campus Drive · University Gateway · Village on the Parkway
Before you buy or rent in Orem
- Living in Orem: neighborhoods, schools and what the city is like
- How much house a Utah County income affords · Home affordability calculator
- Property tax in Utah County · Secondary water by city
- School district finder, including the 2027 Alpine split
- All cities and the county, monthly
Other cities
Provo · Lehi · American Fork · Pleasant Grove · Springville · Spanish Fork · Saratoga Springs · Eagle Mountain · Vineyard · Payson · Highland
Figures checked 2026-10-20 and refreshed monthly. Asking prices are not sale prices. Nothing here is financial advice.