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The median home value in Mahaska County, IA is $205,165 as of 2026-07-31, up 8.5% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$205,165
Year-over-Year
+8.5%
National Rank
#1876 of 3071
Mahaska County ranks 43rd 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 Mahaska County +4.7% above the IA state median.
Households here earn a median of $70,940 a year against a typical home value of $205,165 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.9×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 23% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Mahaska County recorded a violent crime rate of 126 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 821 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 12,662 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Mahaska County is $205,165. That's up 8.5% from a year earlier. That is about 12.5% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Mahaska County the 43rd most expensive of 99 counties in Iowa.
Median household income here is $70,940, so a typical home costs about 2.9× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Mahaska County recorded 126 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 12,662 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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