Home Insurance in Castle Dale, Utah
With a median home value of $218,200, Castle Dale is close to the Emery County median.
The typical home in Castle Dale was built around 1978. About 11% of homes were built before 1960, about 6 points below Emery County's 18%. Aging wiring, roofing and plumbing in older homes can push up the cost to insure or rebuild them.
The housing stock in Castle Dale is 83% single-family homes and 14% mobile or manufactured homes. Mobile and manufactured homes typically need a manufactured-home (HO-7) policy rather than a standard homeowners policy.
In Castle Dale, about 36% of owner-occupied homes have a mortgage - lenders require hazard insurance on every mortgaged home.
The vacancy rate is 17%; vacant or unoccupied homes typically need a different coverage form than an owner-occupied policy. About 82% of occupied homes in Castle Dale are owner-occupied.
Most homes in Castle Dale - 73% - are primarily heated with natural gas.
Emery County had 8 active NFIP flood policies as of September 2026. Its top FEMA-rated hazard is earthquake (Relatively Low). See the full Emery County home insurance overview for all FEMA hazard ratings and flood coverage details. Earthquake damage is excluded from a standard homeowners policy.
The statewide average premium for a standard HO-3 homeowners policy in Utah is $1,107 per year, according to the NAIC homeowners insurance report (2023 data).
Key figures
| Median home value | $218,200 |
|---|---|
| Median year built | 1978 |
| Owner-occupied share | 82% |
| Share of owner-occupied homes with a mortgage | 36% |
| Top county hazard | Earthquake (Relatively Low) |
| Active NFIP policies in Emery County | 8 |
| Home insurance premium | $1,107 - statewide average (NAIC, 2023 data) |
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Sources
Data last updated: 2026-09-29
- U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer Files (2024)
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates (2024)
- FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025)
- FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Policies v3 (2026)
- NAIC Dwelling Fire, Homeowners Owner-Occupied, and Homeowners Tenant and Condominium/Cooperative Unit Owners Insurance: Data for 2023 (published 2026) (2023)