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The median home value in O Brien County, IA is $196,169 as of 2026-07-31, up 8.6% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$196,169
Year-over-Year
+8.6%
National Rank
#1977 of 3071
O Brien County ranks 48th out of 99 counties in IA by median home price, and is -16.3% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IA, the typical county has a median home value of $195,956, making O Brien County +0.1% above the IA state median.
Households here earn a median of $68,356 a year against a typical home value of $196,169 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.9×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 22% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
The median home value in O Brien County is $196,169. That's up 8.6% from a year earlier. That is about 16.3% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes O Brien County the 48th most expensive of 99 counties in Iowa.
Median household income here is $68,356, so a typical home costs about 2.9× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
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