Crash Course on Utah Geography

[Logan McKay Zylstra]

Utah is an interesting state when it comes to geography. It is quite different from a state like Texas where there is land they can build on forever.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Utah, most of the state’s population lives in the Northern portion of the state in what is known as the Wasatch Front. Along The Wasatch Front are mountains to the East and Lakes to the West. I-15 connects all these areas.

This presents a unique problem of having a somewhat fixed amount of land that areas, similar to what California and New York face. In my opinion, this will only support increased prices along the Wasatch Front as more and more people want to live in the populous portions of Utah. Also if we look at the job market, most jobs are deep in this area so people will want to live as close as possible to these hubs for jobs.

I have posted quite extensively about the Utah market and other Utah facts if you are interested in taking a look.