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The median home value in Waterloo, IA is $149,005 as of 2026-07-31, up 0.45% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$149,005
Year-over-Year
+0.45%
Population
66,385
Waterloo ranks #60 of 72 Iowa cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 31.1% below the state's city median of $216,316. It sits in Black Hawk County, where the county-wide median is $189,774.
Median household income in Waterloo is $57,480, so the typical home value is about 2.6× 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).
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).
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 Waterloo, that value is $149,005. That's up 0.45% from a year earlier. It is about 31.1% below the typical Iowa city tracked here.
Homes in Waterloo are cheaper than Black Hawk County as a whole, where the median is $189,774 — a difference of about 21.5%.
Median household income here is $57,480, so the typical home value is about 2.6× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
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.
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