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The median home value in Fort Madison, IA is $112,910 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.24% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$112,910
Year-over-Year
+1.24%
Population
9,964
Fort Madison ranks #69 of 72 Iowa cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 47.8% below the state's city median of $216,316. It sits in Lee County, where the county-wide median is $125,077.
Median household income in Fort Madison is $50,705, so the typical home value is about 2.2× 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).
Fort Madison police recorded a violent crime rate of 281 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,706 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 Fort Madison, that value is $112,910. That's up 1.24% from a year earlier. It is about 47.8% below the typical Iowa city tracked here.
Homes in Fort Madison are cheaper than Lee County as a whole, where the median is $125,077 — a difference of about 9.7%.
Median household income here is $50,705, so the typical home value is about 2.2× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Fort Madison police reported 281 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 9,964. 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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