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Home values, rents and more in Akron, IA

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$234,000
Metro: $292,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+6.3%
Metro: +5.5% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,689
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$66,250
Metro: $83,251 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Akron, IA, shaded by typical home valueAkron51001
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  • $250k–$260k
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ZIP codes around Akron, IA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Akron is outlined.

How Akron compares

The typical home in Akron, IA is worth about $234,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Akron are 20% below the typical value in the Le Mars metro area ($292,000) and 36% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Akron rose 6.3%, compared with +5.5% in the Le Mars metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $66,250, against $83,251 in the Le Mars metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,689 people live in Akron (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Akron has the lowest typical home value of the 7 cities in the Le Mars metro area and the 281st-highest of 770 in Iowa with Zillow figures.

Part of: Plymouth County, IA · Le Mars metro area · Iowa

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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