The median home value in Waterloo, IA is $149,410 as of 2026-06-30, up 0.52% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$149,410
Year-over-Year
+0.52%
Population
66,385
Waterloo ranks #60 of 72 Iowa cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 31.2% below the state's city median of $217,178. It sits in Black Hawk County, where the county-wide median is $190,362.
Waterloo police recorded a violent crime rate of 476 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,445 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 Waterloo is $149,410. That's up 0.52% from a year earlier. That is about 31.2% below the typical county in Iowa.
Homes in Waterloo are cheaper than Black Hawk County as a whole, where the median is $190,362 — a difference of about 21.5%.
Waterloo police reported 476 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 66,385. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.