Home values, rents and more in Alta, IA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Alta compares
The typical home in Alta, IA is worth about $213,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Alta are 14% above the typical value in the Storm Lake metro area ($186,000) and 42% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Alta rose 0.8%, compared with −0.2% in the Storm Lake metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $65,833, against $71,719 in the Storm Lake metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 2,250 people live in Alta (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Alta has the highest typical home value of the 9 cities in the Storm Lake metro area and the 339th-highest of 770 in Iowa with Zillow figures.
Part of: Buena Vista County, IA · Storm Lake 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.