An Ivins community
Living in Unity Village.
A walkable planned community on the eastern side of Ivins, built around UNITY Park and the shared green space that gives the neighborhood its name and its rhythm. Single-family homes, townhomes, and cottage-style homes share streets that all lead back to the park, in a community builders have kept adding to since the 2010s.
I am Scott Buehler, a Southern Utah resident of 20-plus years and a licensed REALTOR and lender. This is the honest version of what Unity Village offers, what it costs across the different home types, and what I would check before you buy or sell here, the phase and the park position included.
New to the area? Start with the Ivins guide, then come back for the park-centered village.
Current listings
Homes for sale in Unity Village.
Fed straight from the MLS and limited to homes inside the community: new Unity Village listings appear here the day they list, and sold homes drop off. Because the neighborhood holds townhomes, cottage-style homes, and detached single-family homes, read each listing against its product type and the phase before the price.
No homes available? Be sure to check out all Ivins listings.
Want the map view? Open the full Unity Village search. Selling instead? Start with what your home is worth.
Listing information comes from the local MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
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Life around the park
A neighborhood built around a green.
Unity Village sits on the eastern side of Ivins, and the thing that organizes it is not a view wall or a gated entry, it is the park in the middle. UNITY Park is the center of gravity, with open lawns, a covered pavilion, playground equipment, and sports fields, and the streets are laid out so that most homes sit a short walk from that green space. The plan came first and the homes filled in around it, which is why the neighborhood reads differently than a standard subdivision.
What also sets it apart is the range of homes in one place. Townhomes, cottage-style homes, and detached single-family houses share the same network of streets, so the neighborhood holds more than one price point and more than one style of living without leaving the park behind. Builders have kept adding phases since the 2010s, so on a given week you might pass a finished resale street and a block of new construction on the same walk to the green.
The trade worth naming is that this is eastern Ivins, closer to the Santa Clara line and the road toward St. George than to the trailheads on the far west side. Daily errands and town are the short, easy direction; the state park and the deep desert are a few minutes farther out. I lay both out in the errands section so the drives are honest before you fall for a floor plan.
Neighborhood highlights
A village with its own center of gravity.
Six things make this corner of Ivins its own place, and each one is specific: the park the streets all lead back to, a real mix of home types in one neighborhood, walkable green space at the door, phases still being built, town and errands a short drive east, and desert trails a few minutes out.
UNITY Park at the center
The neighborhood's green: open lawns, a covered pavilion, playground equipment, sports fields, and walking paths that connect the surrounding homes. The streets all lead back to it.
A real mix of home types
Single-family homes, townhomes, and cottage-style homes share the same streets, so the neighborhood holds more than one price point and more than one style of living in one place.
Still adding phases
Builders have been active here since the 2010s and keep releasing new phases, so newer construction sits alongside earlier resale homes on the same network of streets.
Santa Clara River Reserve, ~10 min
A roughly 6,500-acre reserve of desert singletrack and equestrian trails to the south and west, with the petroglyph and Cove Wash routes among the closer trailheads.
Tuacahn, ~10 min
The Tuacahn Center for the Arts stages Broadway-scale musicals in a red rock amphitheater up Padre Canyon, with a May-to-October season and a seasonal Saturday market on the plaza.
Town and errands a short drive east
Eastern Ivins puts Lin's Fresh Market in Santa Clara, Ivins City Center, and the road toward St. George all close, so the daily run is the easy direction from Unity Village.
Homes & product mix
More than one home type, one neighborhood.
Unity Village is a planned community rather than a single-product subdivision, built from roughly the 2010s onward in contemporary desert styles. The mix is the point: single-family detached homes, townhomes, and smaller cottage-style homes share the same streets and the same park. Floor plans lean open, with covered patios and an emphasis on walkability to the green space, but which home you are looking at matters as much as the address, because a townhome, a cottage home, and a detached house live and price very differently.
The phase is the second thing to pin down. Because builders keep releasing new sections, you will find newer construction and earlier resale on the market at the same time, and the two are not the same purchase. New-phase homes carry current finishes and builder timelines; earlier resale homes carry settled landscaping and an established street. Where the home sits relative to the park is the third lever, since a position close to the green lives differently than one on an outer street even within the same product type.
On price, the range is wide by design. Townhomes and cottage-style homes have generally run from the upper $400,000s, with larger detached homes reaching into the $700,000s and above. Because new phases and resale homes trade alongside each other, I read the most recent comparable sales for the specific product rather than a blended neighborhood average. Confirm everything against the live listings before you lean on a figure.
In Unity Village the first question is not the price, it is which home type and which phase you are actually buying.
Trails & outdoors
A walk at the door, a trail day close by.
The everyday recreation here is the park itself, paths and green space you can reach on foot. The bigger desert is a short drive west and north: slickrock, river-corridor singletrack, and a state park, all inside a reasonable run from Unity Village. Here is the honest tiering, from the green at the center to a short drive out.
UNITY Park paths (at the door)
The neighborhood's own green space carries the daily walk, the morning lap, and the after-dinner stroll, with lawns, the playground, and sports fields a short stroll from most streets.
Santa Clara River Reserve (easy to moderate)
About ten minutes out, the reserve's network includes the Anasazi Valley petroglyph trail and Cove Wash, mellow desert miles that suit a morning walk or an after-work ride.
Snow Canyon State Park (all levels)
About twelve minutes up Snow Canyon Parkway, the park packs slickrock, the lava-tube caves, the Petrified Dunes, and Jenny's Canyon into a compact loop you can do in an evening or a full day.
Red Mountain (hard)
The wall on the western side of town is the Red Mountain plateau. Routes up to the rim and the overlook above Snow Canyon are a real climb, with a long valley view as the payoff.
Farther afield, Zion National Park is about an hour east on the freeway, and the high country of Pine Valley and the Dixie National Forest is a seasonal drive north when the valley heat sets in. The wider outdoor picture for the area lives in the Ivins guide.
Trail details come from Utah State Parks, the BLM, and the Santa Clara River Reserve. Confirm seasonal access and trail conditions before you go.
Errands & drive times
The eastern-Ivins drives, in minutes.
This is the practical answer to "how far is everything from here." The honest version: town and errands are the short, easy direction east, and the deeper desert is a few minutes farther west and north. Times are measured from the Unity Village streets around UNITY Park in eastern Ivins; from the outer phases, add a minute or two.
| The errand | Where it happens | From the village |
|---|---|---|
| Daily walk | UNITY Park, at the center | at the door |
| Full grocery run | Lin's Fresh Market, Santa Clara | ~8 min |
| City errands | Ivins City Center, 55 N Main | ~6 min |
| Healthcare | St. George Regional Hospital | ~15 min |
| Freeway on-ramp | I-15 at Bluff Street, St. George | ~16 min |
| A night out | Tuacahn Center for the Arts | ~10 min |
| State park day | Snow Canyon State Park entrance | ~12 min |
| Flights | St. George Regional Airport (SGU) | ~22 min |
| Trailhead | Santa Clara River Reserve | ~10 min |
Farther out, the weekend map opens up fast: Zion National Park is about an hour east on I-15, Sand Hollow Reservoir is roughly thirty minutes southeast, and Las Vegas is about two hours southwest. The full day-trip map lives in the Ivins guide.
Schools & education
Schools, by the facts.
Unity Village is part of the Washington County School District. The neighborhood is generally served by Red Mountain Elementary (grades K-5), which sits inside Ivins at 263 East 200 South, then Lava Ridge Intermediate (grades 6-7) and Snow Canyon Middle (grades 8-9) in Santa Clara, and Snow Canyon High (grades 10-12). It is the same feeder chain that serves most of Ivins.
Boundaries can shift as Ivins and Santa Clara grow, so confirm the current assignment for any home you are serious about directly with the district rather than guessing from a map. For independent school information, GreatSchools and Niche both publish data you can weigh for yourself.
I cover the bigger education picture for the area in the Ivins guide.
Around the park
What a park-centered village means for a buyer.
This section exists because Unity Village is designed differently than a normal subdivision, and that design is the one thing you cannot read off a listing price. The park is not a feature tucked into a corner, it is the organizing idea. The streets, the walking paths, and several home types were all laid out to face a shared green space, so the neighborhood works more like a small walkable village than a grid of look-alike lots. That is the appeal, and it is also what makes the buying decision a little less obvious.
Because the village mixes products, the first move is to decide which home you are actually buying. A townhome, a cottage-style home, and a detached single-family home in Unity Village sit at different price points and offer different ownership and maintenance, so the right comparison is within a type, not across the whole neighborhood. Pin that down before you tour, and the listings sort themselves quickly.
Then look at two things together: the phase and the position. Because builders keep releasing new sections, you can be choosing between newer construction and earlier resale at the same time, and they are genuinely different purchases. And within any phase, where the home sits relative to the green matters, since a unit a short walk from the park lives differently than one on an outer street. On a park-centered village I treat the design itself, the product, the phase, and the park position, as part of the decision, not just the house.
What I check in a mixed, still-building village
- Which product type the home is, since townhomes, cottage homes, and detached houses price and live differently and should be compared within type.
- Whether it is new construction or earlier resale, including the builder timeline on a new phase and the condition and finishes on a resale home.
- Where the lot or unit sits relative to UNITY Park and the green space, because proximity to the park is part of the value here.
- How an active new phase nearby could affect a resale home's competition, since the two can be on the market at once.
This is general guidance, not an inspection or appraisal report. Confirm any specific property with a qualified inspector and the relevant professionals before you rely on it. Sources: recorded plats, Washington County GIS, and the City of Ivins.
What locals know
The details I would slow down and check.
Unity Village rewards a buyer who reads the product before the price: the home type, the phase, the park position, and the eastern-Ivins drives. These are the four things I would walk a friend through before they get attached to any one address here.
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Decide the home type first. A townhome, a cottage home, and a detached house are different price points and different ownership. Pick the product before you tour, and compare within it.
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New phase or earlier resale. Because the village keeps building, you may be choosing between new construction and a resale home. They are different purchases, on price, timeline, and condition.
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Park position is part of the value. A home a short walk from UNITY Park lives differently than one on an outer street. Walk the route to the green at your real pace before you decide.
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Budget the easy direction and the long one. Town and errands are a short drive east, the deep desert a few minutes farther. Drive both at your real times before you commit.
Buy or sell here
The buyer side and the seller side.
Buying in Unity Village
Unity Village sits on the eastern side of Ivins, a walkable planned community organized around UNITY Park and the shared green space at its center. It is a short drive to Snow Canyon Parkway and the Santa Clara line, which puts daily errands, town, and the road toward St. George all close, while the trails and the Snow Canyon park entrance are a little farther north and west.
A planned mix rather than one product: single-family homes, townhomes, and smaller cottage-style homes, all organized around the central park and the green space. Builders have been adding phases here since the 2010s, so you will find newer construction alongside earlier resale homes, in contemporary desert styles with open layouts and covered patios. The common thread is walkability to the park, not a single floor plan.
Unity Village is part of the Washington County School District, generally served by Red Mountain Elementary (grades K-5) inside Ivins, then Lava Ridge Intermediate (grades 6-7) and Snow Canyon Middle (grades 8-9) in Santa Clara, and Snow Canyon High (grades 10-12). Boundaries can shift as Ivins and Santa Clara grow, so confirm the current assignment for any home you are serious about directly with the district.
UNITY Park is the green space the whole neighborhood is built around: open lawns, a covered pavilion, playground equipment, sports fields, and walking paths that connect the surrounding homes. Because the streets all lead back to it, most of Unity Village is a short walk from the park, which is the feature that sets this community apart from a standard subdivision.
Because Unity Village holds several home types in one neighborhood, the range is wide. Townhomes and smaller cottage-style homes have generally sold from the upper $400,000s, with larger single-family homes reaching into the $700,000s and above. Newer phases price differently than earlier resale homes, so treat any figure as a starting frame and confirm against the live listings before you lean on it.
Start with the product type and the phase. A townhome, a cottage-style home, and a detached single-family home in Unity Village are different price points and different ownership, so decide which one fits before you tour. Then look at whether the home is newer construction or earlier resale, and where the lot or unit sits relative to the park, because a position close to the green space lives differently than one on an outer street.
Ready to look? See what is on the market or tell me what you are after.
Selling in Unity Village
Know your competition by product type, not just by neighborhood. A townhome competes with the other townhomes, a detached home with the other detached homes, and a new-phase release can pull buyers away from earlier resale at the same time. Get the right comparables for your specific home type and your position relative to the park, and the pricing gets honest in a hurry.
List it with me, Scott Buehler, and your home is featured across Moving Utah, on this page, on the Ivins hub, and in the featured listings buyers browse on this site. The get featured page walks through exactly how that works.
I start with live MLS comps for your specific home type inside Unity Village, then adjust for build age, the phase, finish level, and the lot or unit position relative to the park. Because new phases and resale homes can be on the market at the same time, I read the most recent sales and the active competition for that product, not a blended neighborhood average.
Yes, but on a purchase I take one role only, never both. I can work as your real estate agent or as your lender, and the role is disclosed before we move forward.
Thinking about it? Start with your number or see how featuring works.
Keep exploring Ivins
Want a closer look at Unity Village?
Buying, I can pull the current homes across each product type and read each one against the phase, the finishes, and where it sits relative to the park before you compare prices. Selling, I will position your home against the right competition for its type, not the whole neighborhood at once.
Selling in Unity Village
Want to sell your home in Unity Village? List it with Scott Buehler and get featured on Moving Utah.
No best-agent claims and no guaranteed-price promises, just honest pricing that reads the home type, the phase, and the park position before it ever names a number.