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The median home value in Jefferson County, IA is $186,319 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.62% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$186,319
Year-over-Year
+4.62%
National Rank
#2111 of 3071
Jefferson County ranks 59th out of 99 counties in IA by median home price, and is -20.5% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IA, the typical county has a median home value of $195,956, making Jefferson County -4.9% below the IA state median.
Households here earn a median of $61,620 a year against a typical home value of $186,319 — 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 Jefferson County recorded a violent crime rate of 140 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 486 per 100,000.
Based on 1 reporting city covering 9,251 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Jefferson County is $186,319. That's up 4.62% from a year earlier. That is about 20.5% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Jefferson County the 59th most expensive of 99 counties in Iowa.
Median household income here is $61,620, so a typical home costs about 3.0× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Jefferson County recorded 140 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 9,251 residents across 1 reporting city, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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