Living in Spanish Fork, Utah: The 2026 Guide

Is Spanish Fork, Utah a good place to live?

For many families, yes. Spanish Fork has the services of a bigger city, including its own hospital, two high schools, and a major shopping area, while keeping a small-town calendar built around Fiesta Days and the rodeo.

• Safer than the county average: Spanish Fork reported 23.83 offenses per 1,000 residents in 2024, compared with 30.81 for Utah County and 49.44 statewide.
• Growing, but slower than it was: the population rose from 42,619 in 2020 to an estimated 48,837 in 2025, about 15%, in line with the county. The city issued 810 new-home permits in 2022 but only 199 in 2025.
• A hospital in town: Intermountain Spanish Fork Hospital opened in 2021 with an emergency room, labor and delivery, and an InstaCare.
• Close to Provo: about 16 minutes to downtown Provo, 20 to BYU, and 34 to Lehi without traffic.

The tradeoffs: Spanish Fork is a longer drive to Salt Lake County jobs, about an hour to the airport, and the commuter rail extension to the south end of the county is still only planned.

Who provides internet in Spanish Fork? Is it fiber?

The city does. Spanish Fork owns its own internet and TV company, the Spanish Fork Community Network (SFCN), and fiber is now available in all areas of the city. Every plan has the same upload and download speed, there is no contract, and the posted prices are not introductory rates.

Installation is free. To sign up or check on an outage, call SFCN at (801) 798-2877. SFCN says it does not use tax dollars and that it contributes to the city's general fund.

Prices from sfcn.org, checked October 15, 2026. New cable modem connections are no longer offered.

Who is the power company in Spanish Fork?

Spanish Fork Power & Light, the city's own electric utility. Homes in Spanish Fork are not served by Rocky Mountain Power. Power is billed on one city utility bill with drinking water, secondary water, sewer, garbage, and storm drain.

To report an outage, call or text (801) 804-4550, or (801) 804-4440 after hours.

Spanish Fork residential electric rates

At those rates, a home using 900 kilowatt-hours in a month pays about $95 for power.

Buying a newer home? Some accounts are billed on the city's Schedule 2, with a higher base charge ($26.78 for power and $17.20 instead of $13.03 for water). Schedule 2 accounts switch to the regular rates on the January 1 after nine years. Ask which schedule a home is on. Source: Spanish Fork utility rates.

Does Spanish Fork have secondary water?

Yes, citywide. Spanish Fork's pressurized irrigation system has served the whole city since 2002, so lawns and gardens are watered with secondary water instead of treated drinking water. That keeps summer bills down and is one of the practical differences from neighboring Springville, where secondary water reaches only the west side.

The secondary water base charge is $13.03 a month for a typical home meter. Drinking water starts at $13.03 a month, plus $1.28 per 1,000 gallons for homes with secondary water.

How much do homes cost in Spanish Fork?

Spanish Fork home prices rose from a median of $337,000 in 2019 to $567,000 in 2022, eased to $520,000 in 2024, and have climbed to $619,950 so far in 2026. Over the last 12 months (October 2025 through September 2026), the median single-family home sold for $600,000, or $204 per square foot, and only 5.8% of sales were $1 million or more.

Median sold price of single-family homes in Spanish Fork by year. *2026 is January through September. Based on UtahRealEstate.com sales data, pulled October 15, 2026.

What your budget buys in Spanish Fork

Spanish Fork is a busy new-construction market: 98 of the 377 single-family homes sold in the last 12 months were built in 2025 or later, at a median of $769,950, and they sold faster, in a median of 27 days. Older resale homes sold for a median of $525,000, took a median of 41 days to sell, and closed at about 100% of their list price. As of October 15, 2026, 145 single-family homes were for sale in Spanish Fork, with a median list price of about $691,900. Building lots of an acre or less sold for a median of $287,500 (about a third of an acre) over the last two years, and 30 larger parcels over an acre also sold.

What are property taxes in Spanish Fork, Utah?

Most of Spanish Fork is in Utah County tax district 150, with a 2026 total property tax rate of 0.009563, a little lower than Springville (0.009626) and Mapleton (0.010044). About 74% of it goes to the Nebo School District.

Utah taxes a primary home on only 55% of its market value, because of the state's 45% residential exemption, which covers the home and up to one acre of land.

Some addresses are in district 151, with a 2026 rate of 0.009820, or about $3,241 on the same home. Check a specific parcel on the Utah County land records. Second homes and rentals are taxed on full value.

Can you build an ADU in Spanish Fork?

Yes. Spanish Fork allows one accessory dwelling unit per home under city code section 15.3.24.090(E):

• Lot size: at least 6,000 square feet, in the single-family zones from R-1-6 through R-1-80 and in R-3 and R-R.
• The owner has to live there, in the main home or the apartment.
• Inside the home or detached: a detached unit on a lot under an acre can have up to 1,000 square feet of living space.
• Parking: three off-street spaces in total for an apartment inside the home or a detached unit under 650 square feet, and four for a detached unit of 650 square feet or more. Tandem parking does not count.
• No impact fees and no separate power meter required, but the unit must be registered with the city each year for $60.

What are the zoning and lot size rules in Spanish Fork?

Spanish Fork's single-family zones are named for their minimum lot size, from city code Title 15:

Want horses? Outside the agricultural and rural zones, Spanish Fork allows large animals on at least half an acre of animal area: two horses or two cows per half acre. See the city's interactive zoning map to look up a parcel.

What does it cost to build a new home in Spanish Fork?

The city's current posted fees for a single-family home total $26,834: $20,997 in impact fees for power, water, secondary water, sewer, storm water, public safety, roads, and parks, plus $5,837 for the building permit and utility hookups.

What is coming to Spanish Fork?

• The Spanish Fork Utah Temple: announced in April 2025. In January 2026 the Church released the site, about 8.7 acres at 100 South and 2550 East, for a building of about 80,000 square feet. No groundbreaking date has been announced.
• A new I-15 interchange at Center Street: UDOT finished its study in 2025 and chose the Center Street interchange, but there is no construction timeline or funding yet.
• A future FrontRunner station: commuter rail south of Provo, with a stop in Spanish Fork, is planned but not funded or scheduled.
• Canyon Creek: the north end of the city near the 2700 North interchange, which the city calls one of Utah's fastest-growing commercial centers.

What is there to do in Spanish Fork?

• Fiesta Days: the city's biggest celebration, held the week of July 24, with parades, a carnival, concerts, fireworks, and a professional rodeo. The 2027 rodeo nights are July 20 through 24.
• The Festival of Lights: a drive-through holiday light display at Canyon View Park from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day.
• The Festival of Colors: held each spring at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork. The 2026 festival drew about 20,000 people.
• Wings and Wheels: classic cars and aircraft at the Spanish Fork Airport each September.
• Spanish Fork Canyon: camping, fishing, and hot springs a few minutes up US-6. Check UDOT for road conditions before you go.

What schools serve Spanish Fork?

Spanish Fork is in the Nebo School District and has two traditional high schools:

• Elementary: Brockbank, Canyon, East Meadows, Larsen, Park, Rees, Riverview, Sierra Bonita, and Spanish Oaks Elementary
• Middle and junior high: Diamond Fork Middle School and Spanish Fork Junior High
• High school: Spanish Fork High School and Maple Mountain High School

School boundaries depend on the address, so confirm a specific home with Nebo School District at (801) 354-7400 before you buy.