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The median home value in Cerro Gordo County, IA is $204,976 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.16% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$204,976
Year-over-Year
+3.16%
National Rank
#1882 of 3071
Cerro Gordo County ranks 44th out of 99 counties in IA by median home price, and is -12.5% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IA, the typical county has a median home value of $195,956, making Cerro Gordo County +4.6% above the IA state median.
Households here earn a median of $68,189 a year against a typical home value of $204,976 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.0×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 27% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Cerro Gordo County recorded a violent crime rate of 252 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 1,632 per 100,000.
Based on 1 reporting city covering 7,536 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Cerro Gordo County is $204,976. That's up 3.16% from a year earlier. That is about 12.5% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Cerro Gordo County the 44th most expensive of 99 counties in Iowa.
Median household income here is $68,189, so a typical home costs about 3.0× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Cerro Gordo County recorded 252 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 7,536 residents across 1 reporting city, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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