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The median home value in Cedar County, IA is $257,697 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.9% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$257,697
Year-over-Year
+4.9%
National Rank
#1293 of 3071
Cedar County ranks 20th out of 99 counties in IA by median home price, and is +10.0% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IA, the typical county has a median home value of $195,956, making Cedar County +31.5% above the IA state median.
Households here earn a median of $80,602 a year against a typical home value of $257,697 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.2×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 33% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Cedar County recorded a violent crime rate of 119 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 382 per 100,000.
Based on 6 reporting cities covering 12,568 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Cedar County is $257,697. That's up 4.9% from a year earlier. That is about 10.0% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Cedar County the 20th most expensive of 99 counties in Iowa.
Median household income here is $80,602, so a typical home costs about 3.2× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Cedar County recorded 119 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 12,568 residents across 6 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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