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The median home value in Black Hawk County, IA is $189,774 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.17% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$189,774
Year-over-Year
+1.17%
National Rank
#2065 of 3071
Black Hawk County ranks 55th out of 99 counties in IA by median home price, and is -19.0% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IA, the typical county has a median home value of $195,956, making Black Hawk County -3.2% below the IA state median.
Households here earn a median of $66,417 a year against a typical home value of $189,774 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.9×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 22% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Black Hawk County recorded a violent crime rate of 454 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 2,413 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 70,853 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Black Hawk County is $189,774. That's up 1.17% from a year earlier. That is about 19.0% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Black Hawk County the 55th most expensive of 99 counties in Iowa.
Median household income here is $66,417, so a typical home costs about 2.9× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Black Hawk County recorded 454 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 70,853 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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