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The median home value in Dubuque, IA is $251,952 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.86% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$251,952
Year-over-Year
+4.86%
Population
58,620
Dubuque ranks #30 of 72 Iowa cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 16.5% above the state's city median of $216,316. It sits in Dubuque County, where the county-wide median is $281,609.
Median household income in Dubuque is $65,845, so the typical home value is about 3.8× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Dubuque police recorded a violent crime rate of 401 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,435 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Dubuque, that value is $251,952. That's up 4.86% from a year earlier. It is about 16.5% above the typical Iowa city tracked here.
Homes in Dubuque are cheaper than Dubuque County as a whole, where the median is $281,609 — a difference of about 10.5%.
Median household income here is $65,845, so the typical home value is about 3.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Dubuque police reported 401 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 58,620. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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