The median home value in Urbandale, IA is $355,748 as of 2026-06-30, up 0.62% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$355,748
Year-over-Year
+0.62%
Population
47,119
Urbandale ranks #8 of 72 Iowa cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 63.8% above the state's city median of $217,178. It sits in Polk County, where the county-wide median is $283,819.
Urbandale police recorded a violent crime rate of 89 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 635 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Urbandale is $355,748. That's up 0.62% from a year earlier. That is about 63.8% above the typical county in Iowa.
Homes in Urbandale are more expensive than Polk County as a whole, where the median is $283,819 — a difference of about 25.3%.
Urbandale police reported 89 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 47,119. 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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