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The median home value in Independence, IA is $223,955 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.8% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$223,955
Year-over-Year
+5.8%
Population
6,221
Independence ranks #35 of 72 Iowa cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 3.5% above the state's city median of $216,316. It sits in Buchanan County, where the county-wide median is $228,387.
Median household income in Independence is $73,806, so the typical home value is about 3.0× 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).
Independence police recorded a violent crime rate of 161 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 659 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 Independence, that value is $223,955. That's up 5.8% from a year earlier. It is about 3.5% above the typical Iowa city tracked here.
Homes in Independence are cheaper than Buchanan County as a whole, where the median is $228,387 — a difference of about 1.9%.
Median household income here is $73,806, so the typical home value is about 3.0× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Independence police reported 161 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 6,221. 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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