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The median home value in Palo Alto County, IA is $175,483 as of 2026-07-31, up 6.17% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$175,483
Year-over-Year
+6.17%
National Rank
#2260 of 3071
Palo Alto County ranks 69th out of 99 counties in IA by median home price, and is -25.1% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IA, the typical county has a median home value of $195,956, making Palo Alto County -10.4% below the IA state median.
Households here earn a median of $72,781 a year against a typical home value of $175,483 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.4×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 11% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
The median home value in Palo Alto County is $175,483. That's up 6.17% from a year earlier. That is about 25.1% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Palo Alto County the 69th most expensive of 99 counties in Iowa.
Median household income here is $72,781, so a typical home costs about 2.4× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
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