A St. George community
Living in Casa Grande.
A small 1990s single-family subdivision along S 1470 West in the Bloomington area of southwest St. George, a few streets off Man O War Road near Bloomington Park and the Virgin River. The draw here is the lot: bigger parcels and more room between neighbors than most of what gets platted today.
I am Scott Buehler. I have spent 20+ years in Southern Utah, and this page is the honest version of what Casa Grande offers, how the homes are put together, and what the practical day-to-day looks like from this corner of Bloomington.
New to the area? Start with the St. George guide, then come back for the neighborhood.
Current listings
Homes for sale in Casa Grande.
No active listings today. One street's worth of lots means the active count here spends most of its life at zero. The next entry moves from MLS to this page without an intermediate step. Prefer to hunt on your own? Open the map search or start from the homepage.
Buying here
Be first in line when one lists.
Casa Grande occupies one stretch of S 1470 West by Bloomington Park, and a one-street market rewards the buyer whose agent reads the Washington County MLS daily instead of weekly. That is the service; hand me your criteria and the next listing on the street starts its clock with you.
Selling here
Own a home in Casa Grande?
Buyers check this exact page hoping to find your street. When you are ready, list it with me and get featured on MovingUtah. Start with an honest read on what your home is worth.
Listing information comes from the local MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
On this page
Life in this pocket
What a day here feels like.
Casa Grande sits along S 1470 West, a residential street a few turns off Man O War Road in the Bloomington area. It is not a through-street to anywhere, so the traffic is neighbors and their visitors rather than commuters cutting across. The homes went in during the 1990s, which means the yards are grown in and the trees actually throw shade, something a brand-new subdivision simply cannot fake in its first years.
Bloomington is one of the older parts of St. George, folded into the city decades ago, and it carries that established feel. Bloomington Park and the Virgin River are close, so a lot of the local rhythm runs toward the water and the trail rather than the retail strips. For groceries, gas, and the freeway, you point toward Brigham Road and the Sunset Boulevard corridor, and the trade you make for the bigger lot is a few more minutes on those errands.
This is a spread-out, low-key part of town. If you want to be steps from new restaurants and big-box stores, Casa Grande is not that. If you want a larger parcel on a quiet street with the river and a real community park nearby, it fits.
Nearby, by name
The places that anchor it.
Bloomington Park
A 26.5-acre community park on Man O War Road, one of St. George's original parks. Ball fields, pickleball and basketball courts, pavilions, and the trailhead for the paved river path.
Virgin River Path
A paved, roughly 1.9-mile path leaving from Bloomington Park along the river, part of St. George's larger Virgin River trail system. Flat and wide, used for walking, running, and biking.
Man O War Road
The main artery through this part of Bloomington and the address of Bloomington Elementary. It is the street Casa Grande connects out to, and it links you toward the river bridge and the rest of the neighborhood.
I-15 Exit 4, Brigham Road
The Bloomington interchange. Brigham Road is how you get on and off the freeway from here, and it is where the closest fuel and convenience stop, Bloomington Market at 141 W Brigham Road, sits.
Homes & lots
Established homes on generous lots.
Casa Grande was recorded and built out mostly in the early to mid 1990s. County and MLS records on the S 1470 West homes show a mix of single-story ramblers and two-story plans, not one repeated production model, so the streetscape reads with some variety house to house. Square footage is not uniform either; the homes range from mid-sized to larger, and any given listing tells you the specific number.
The lots are the real differentiator. Parcels here run roughly a third of an acre up toward four tenths, which is noticeably larger than what most newer St. George subdivisions plat today. That extra ground, plus thirty-odd years of established landscaping, is what gives the neighborhood its settled, spread-out character. If you value space between neighbors over walking distance to new retail, this is the kind of pocket that delivers it.
In this part of Bloomington, the lot is half the value, and these lots were drawn when land in St. George was still cheap.
One practical note on 1990s homes: mechanicals, roofing, and finishes vary a lot depending on what each owner has updated over the years. When a home comes up here, the condition spread is wider than in a newer subdivision where everything is still on its first roof. That is not a knock, just something to inspect carefully and budget for. It is also part of why a single blanket price for the neighborhood would mislead you.
Park & river trail
The park and the water are the draw.
The outdoor anchor for this pocket is Bloomington Park on Man O War Road. At 26.5 acres it is one of St. George's original community parks, with ball fields, pickleball and basketball courts, pavilions, and open field space. It is close enough to reach on foot or by bike from Casa Grande.
From the park, the paved Virgin River Path runs roughly 1.9 miles along the river, part of the wider Virgin River trail network that St. George keeps extending. The surface is asphalt or concrete and wide enough to share, which makes it an easy after-dinner walk or a flat run without leaving the neighborhood. The newer Virgin River South Trail also ties Bloomington toward Webb Hill and the Walmart Supercenter side of things, so the trail keeps growing outward from here.
Errands & drive times
Errands, measured in minutes.
These are approximate drive times measured from S 1470 West, pointing out toward Brigham Road and the Sunset Boulevard corridor. Traffic and your exact starting street shift them a little, so treat them as a practical sketch rather than a stopwatch.
| The errand | Where it happens | From the neighborhood |
|---|---|---|
| Gas & quick stop | Bloomington Market, 141 W Brigham Road | ~4 min |
| Full grocery run | Lin's Fresh Market, W Sunset Boulevard | ~12 min |
| Big-box & hardware | Walmart Supercenter, Bloomington | ~7 min |
| Freeway on-ramp | I-15 Exit 4, Brigham Road | ~5 min |
| The park & river trail | Bloomington Park, Man O War Road | ~4 min |
| Hospital | St. George Regional Hospital, Medical Center Drive | ~15 min |
| Flights | St. George Regional Airport (SGU), Airport Parkway | ~12 min |
| Downtown | Downtown St. George, St. George Boulevard | ~14 min |
For the wider day-trip map, the Arizona state line is a short run south down I-15, and the full picture of what is reachable from St. George lives in the St. George guide.
Schools & education
Schools, by the facts.
Casa Grande is in the Washington County School District. On the district's published feeder map, Bloomington Elementary (grades K-5) feeds Tonaquint Intermediate (grades 6-7), then Dixie Middle (grades 8-9), then Dixie High (grades 10-12). The same map notes that Bloomington Elementary also feeds the Desert Hills cone, so part of the area routes toward Desert Hills schools instead. Because boundaries and cone assignments shift, confirm the current assignment for any specific address directly with the district before you count on it.
I do not grade schools here. For independent ratings and test data you can weigh yourself, GreatSchools and Niche both publish profiles for these campuses.
I cover the bigger education picture in the St. George guide.
Why the lot matters
A 1990s subdivision drawn on bigger ground.
What sets Casa Grande apart from the neighborhoods around it is timing. It was platted in the 1990s, when land in Bloomington was still relatively cheap, so the lots came out generous, roughly a third of an acre up toward four tenths. That is the piece a newer build cannot match. Subdivisions going in across St. George today are drawn to tighter lot lines, so an established third-acre parcel with grown-in landscaping is genuinely harder to find and does not come on the market often in a subdivision this size.
That scarcity cuts both ways. As a buyer, you are paying for ground and maturity, not new construction, so the homework is on condition and updates. As a seller, the larger lot is your strongest card, and it is worth pricing against the handful of comparable 1990s parcels rather than the newer inventory that dominates the rest of the listings.
What locals know
Notes from this corner of Bloomington.
No listing photo tells you this part. After years of showing homes across Washington County, here is what I would tell a friend about Casa Grande.
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The lot is the reason to be here. Parcels run about a third of an acre up toward four tenths, drawn in the 1990s when Bloomington land was cheap. That is space a newer St. George subdivision cannot replicate at its lot lines.
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Bloomington Park is the gathering spot. A 26.5-acre original city park on Man O War Road with ball fields, courts, pavilions, and the river-path trailhead, close enough to reach on foot or bike.
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Inspect the 1990s bones. Roofs, HVAC, and finishes vary a lot by owner here, so the condition spread on a Casa Grande listing is wider than in a first-generation newer neighborhood. Budget for it.
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You trade minutes for space. The Sunset Boulevard grocery run is about twelve minutes and the freeway is five, but Brigham Road and the Walmart side keep quick trips short. That is the deal for a bigger, quieter lot.
Buy or sell here
The buyer side and the seller side.
Buying in Casa Grande
Casa Grande sits along S 1470 West in the Bloomington area of southwest St. George, in the 84790 zip. The Bloomington interchange off I-15 is Exit 4, Brigham Road, and the neighborhood is a few streets off Man O War Road, near Bloomington Park and the Virgin River.
Detached single-family homes recorded under the Casa Grande subdivision and built mostly in the early to mid 1990s. County and MLS records show a mix of single-story ramblers and two-story plans on generous lots, roughly a third of an acre up toward four tenths. Square footage varies house to house rather than repeating one plan, so confirm the specifics on any home against the live listing.
Lots here run larger than what most newer St. George subdivisions plat today. County records on the S 1470 West homes show parcels in the range of about a third of an acre up to roughly four tenths, which is what gives the streetscape its established, spread-out feel.
Casa Grande is a small subdivision and it does not list often, so a single stable number would be misleading. Pricing tracks lot size, square footage, and how much the home has been updated since the 1990s builds. The honest move is to check the live listings on this page and let me pull the recent Casa Grande sales for a real read.
Ready to look? See what is on the market or tell me what you are after.
Selling in Casa Grande
Values here hinge on lot size, condition, and how much of the home has been updated since it was built. Start with the home valuation page and I will run a real comparison against recent Casa Grande and nearby Bloomington sales, no obligation.
List with me and your home is featured across MovingUtah, on this page, on the St. George hub, and in the featured listings buyers browse on this site. The get featured page walks through exactly how that works.
It depends on what else is available in this corner of Bloomington right now. Casa Grande is a small subdivision and homes here do not list every month. When one does come on, it stands out because larger 1990s lots are scarce compared with the newer inventory. Tell me your timeline and I will give you a straight read.
Yes, and it is common here. Timing the two is mostly a sequencing problem, and I cover the playbook in the buy and sell at once guide. Because I am dual-licensed, I can keep the sale, the search, and the financing on one desk.
Thinking about it? Start with your number or see how featuring works.
Keep exploring St. George
Want a closer look at Casa Grande?
Buying, I can pull the current listings and tell you honestly whether anything is available right now, since this pocket does not turn over often. Selling, I will give you a straight number based on the lot and the recent 1990s comps, plus a plan to get your home featured in front of the buyers already on this site. Either way, we start with a conversation.
Selling in Casa Grande
Want to sell your home in Casa Grande? List it with Scott Buehler and get featured on MovingUtah.
No best-agent claims and no guaranteed-price promises, just honest pricing that leans on your larger 1990s lot and the right handful of Bloomington comps before it ever names a number.