Centerville · Trading Up
Trading Up in Centerville
Cave Hollow owners move up into Chestnut Farms and Sunset Equestrian Estates. Most have no idea they can.
A thin market at the top, and what that means for you
Centerville has the highest single sale of the three towns I work. The top price last year was $5,500,000, above anything Farmington or Kaysville recorded.
It also has the fewest sales up there. 12 Centerville homes sold above $1 million, against 45 in Farmington and 52 in Kaysville. Out of 98 single-family sales, that is 12%, the smallest share of the three.
Both facts are true at once and they matter in opposite directions.
If you are selling at this level in Centerville, your comparables are thin. Twelve sales across twelve months is not much to price against, and an agent who treats them as a tidy dataset will get it wrong. This is the town where a valuation earns its keep.
If you are buying at this level, inventory is the constraint rather than money. The right home may simply not be listed this month, and a search that only looks at what is on the market is looking at a fraction of what exists.
Source: Wasatch Front Regional MLS, single-family sold listings, Davis County, pulled 28 September 2026.
What Is My Home Worth Today
Where the upper end actually is
North Centerville, mostly, where the town is building into South Farmington and the gap between the two cities is filling in.
That band is changing faster than anywhere else in Centerville, and the numbers coming out of it surprise people who know the town. I sold 2136 North 725 West for $1.17M up there. Comparables from three years ago do not describe what is standing next to it now.
200 East, also called Main Street, runs south out of Farmington and keeps the same road under a different name once it crosses the line, which is a small illustration of how blurred that boundary has become.
Centerville also climbs the mountain, unlike Kaysville, where none of the town reaches the bench. It is not a trail town the way Farmington is, because Farmington has the canyon, but the slope is there and it is where the views are.
Why people move up into Centerville rather than past it
Two reasons, and neither is price.
The commute. Centerville is closer to downtown Salt Lake than Farmington or Kaysville, with I-15 and the West Davis Corridor, SR-177, both from here. At this price level a lot of buyers are still working, and twenty minutes a day is a real number over a decade.
Everything in one place. The big-box strip on the west side of I-15 is the largest concentration in this part of the county: Walmart, Home Depot, Kohl’s, a Super Target, grocery stores, car dealerships, a lot of restaurants and a theatre.
What Centerville does not have is a FrontRunner stop. Farmington has one at Farmington Station beside Station Park. If rail matters to you, that single fact should probably settle which town you buy in, and I would rather say it now.
Viewmont High School is in Centerville. My own children went there. All of Davis County sits in Davis School District, the second largest in Utah with around 73,000 students, and ratings are published and easy to look up. Read them yourself rather than taking an agent’s word for it.
Selling the one you are in
The money on this move is made on the sale, not the purchase, and Centerville has a particular trap in it.
There is a widely believed rule of thumb that prices climb the closer you get to Salt Lake, which would put Centerville above Farmington. Last year it did not. Farmington’s median was $749,950 and Centerville’s was $650,000. An agent pricing your Centerville home off a Farmington comparable overshoots by six figures, and overshooting is what makes a home sit.
Centerville is also the slowest of the three towns at 38 days median, against Farmington’s 31 and Kaysville’s 28. Pricing has less room for optimism here.
Every listing I take gets professional photography, videography and drone footage as the baseline, then a funded advertising campaign that has put each home in front of 36,000 to over 138,000 people. In a thin upper market that reach is the difference between finding the handful of buyers who exist and hoping they find you.
Start with what your Centerville home is worth, priced against the right town. Selling your home in Centerville covers the listing side and the selling process has the full sequence.
Sequencing, and why it is harder here
Sell first and you know exactly what you have, but in a town with twelve million-plus sales a year you may wait for the right home to appear. Buy first and you hold it, while carrying two payments in the slowest-selling of the three towns.
Neither is right in the abstract, and this is the one town where I would genuinely think about it rather than defaulting. We work it out on paper with your real numbers, including what happens if they land out of order.
You are covered both ways. The Guaranteed Sale Program puts price and timeline in writing, and if the conditions are not met I buy the home myself or sell it for free. Conditions apply. The Listing Cancellation Agreement lets you cancel any time before you accept an offer. On the buying side, the Buyer Satisfaction Guarantee means if you are not satisfied within 24 months I will buy it back or sell it for free. Conditions apply.
Tell me where you are and I will give you the real numbers for both halves. More on the town is on the Centerville page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many homes over $1 million sell in Centerville?
Twelve over the last twelve months, out of 98 single-family sales. That is the fewest of the three towns I work, against 45 in Farmington and 52 in Kaysville, though Centerville recorded the highest single sale at $5,500,000.
Where is the upper end of Centerville?
Mostly North Centerville, where the town is building into South Farmington. That band is changing fastest and the numbers surprise people who know the town. I sold 2136 North 725 West up there for $1.17M.
Is Centerville more expensive than Farmington?
No, despite being closer to Salt Lake. Farmington's single-family median was $749,950 last year and Centerville's was $650,000. Pricing a Centerville home off a Farmington comparable overshoots by roughly six figures.
Does Centerville have a train station?
No. Farmington has a FrontRunner stop at Farmington Station, beside Station Park. Centerville has I-15 and the West Davis Corridor. If rail commuting matters, that should decide the town.
Should I buy first or sell first here?
This is the one town where I would genuinely think about it rather than defaulting. Inventory above $1M is thin, so waiting for the right home is a real risk, and Centerville is also the slowest of the three to sell at a 38-day median.
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