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The median home value in Shelby County, IA is $218,755 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.67% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$218,755
Year-over-Year
+4.67%
National Rank
#1730 of 3071
Shelby County ranks 38th out of 99 counties in IA by median home price, and is -6.7% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IA, the typical county has a median home value of $195,956, making Shelby County +11.6% above the IA state median.
Households here earn a median of $72,738 a year against a typical home value of $218,755 — 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.)
The median home value in Shelby County is $218,755. That's up 4.67% from a year earlier. That is about 6.7% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Shelby County the 38th most expensive of 99 counties in Iowa.
Median household income here is $72,738, so a typical home costs about 3.0× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
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