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The median home value in Howard County, IA is $207,024 as of 2026-07-31, up 8.26% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$207,024
Year-over-Year
+8.26%
National Rank
#1862 of 3071
Howard County ranks 42nd out of 99 counties in IA by median home price, and is -11.7% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IA, the typical county has a median home value of $195,956, making Howard County +5.6% above the IA state median.
Households here earn a median of $67,446 a year against a typical home value of $207,024 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.1×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 29% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
The median home value in Howard County is $207,024. That's up 8.26% from a year earlier. That is about 11.7% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Howard County the 42nd most expensive of 99 counties in Iowa.
Median household income here is $67,446, so a typical home costs about 3.1× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
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