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The median home value in Urbandale, IA is $354,918 as of 2026-07-31, up 0.37% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$354,918
Year-over-Year
+0.37%
Population
47,119
Urbandale ranks #8 of 72 Iowa cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 64.1% above the state's city median of $216,316. It sits in Polk County, where the county-wide median is $283,019.
Median household income in Urbandale is $112,795, so the typical home value is about 3.1× 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).
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).
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 Urbandale, that value is $354,918. That's up 0.37% from a year earlier. It is about 64.1% above the typical Iowa city tracked here.
Homes in Urbandale are more expensive than Polk County as a whole, where the median is $283,019 — a difference of about 25.4%.
Median household income here is $112,795, so the typical home value is about 3.1× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
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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