Daggett County presents a price-and-liquidity tension: Zillow’s county median home value was $367,779 in 2026-06, up 6.81% year over year, but the county’s very small scale makes that direction difficult to underwrite from county aggregates alone. This is a market for investors able to obtain property-level rent, insurance, and comparable-sale evidence; those needing demonstrable income yield or deep exit liquidity should be cautious. The Zillow figure is a median home value, not a sale price, and no FHFA annual repeat-transaction HPI observation is published to independently test its direction.
Market rent is not published, so gross yield cannot be computed. HUD’s FMR of $1,153 per month is a payment standard, not an estimate of asking rent, and cannot be substituted into a yield calculation. Carrying-cost work has a county effective property-tax rate of 0.46% and a median annual tax of $1,304, but neither establishes the tax bill for a particular parcel. Obtain current market-rent comps, assessed value, tax history, and insurance quotes before setting an operating case.
In Realtor.com’s 2026-06 MLS snapshot, active listings numbered 9 and median marketing time was 72 days; 34.29% of listings had price reductions and the pending-to-active ratio was 11.11%. These are asking-market supply, marketing-time, concession, and listing-status measures—not closed sales or stand-alone proof of buyer demand. Annual QCEW reports 423 covered jobs at county workplaces, up 3.17%, and an $818 average weekly covered-worker wage. These figures do not measure resident employment; Trade, transportation, and utilities is only the largest disclosed private supersector, not the whole economy.
Tax-return migration was a net outflow of one household: in-movers’ average adjusted gross income exceeded out-movers’ by $18,152. Investor share was 8.33% across 12 purchases, so the observed investor presence is limited evidence rather than a broad buyer base. Wildfire is the dominant hazard, and modeled annual climate loss equals 0.12% of building value; it should prompt parcel-level fire, access, mitigation, and insurance review, not a dollar-loss estimate. Check sale comps, rent, insurance terms, and parcel tax before relying on appreciation, income, or resale conclusions.