Homes with Casitas & Guest Houses in Price, Utah

Price sits in Carbon County in eastern Utah, about two hours southeast of Salt Lake City via Highway 6 through Spanish Fork Canyon. It's a working town built on coal, the railroad, and ranching, with a tight downtown along Main Street, the College of Eastern Utah (now USU Eastern) campus, and quick access to the San Rafael Swell, Nine Mile Canyon, and the Manti-La Sal National Forest. Median home prices here run well below the Wasatch Front — typically in the $250,000s to low $300,000s — which is part of why properties with casitas or detached guest houses pencil out for buyers who'd be priced out of similar setups in Utah County or Washington County. Lots tend to be larger than what you'd find in Provo or St. George, so accessory dwellings often sit on genuinely usable acreage rather than tucked into a side yard.

Buyers chasing casitas in Price usually fall into a few camps: multigenerational families housing parents or adult kids, remote workers who need a separated office, ranch and recreation owners who want a bunkhouse for hunting season in the Books or ATV trips on the Swell, and investors eyeing long-term rentals tied to the hospital, the university, and the energy sector. Winters are cold but drier than the high country, and summers run hot in the 90s, so look closely at how each guest house is heated, cooled, and metered. Browse the active listings below, and reach out if you'd like to walk through any of them in person.