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Home values, rents and more in Alton, IA

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

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Typical home value
$312,000
Iowa: $237,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+6.5%
Iowa: +3.3% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,459
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$98,036
Iowa: $75,059 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Alton, IA, shaded by typical home valueAlton
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ZIP codes around Alton, IA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Alton is outlined.

How Alton compares

The typical home in Alton, IA is worth about $312,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Alton are 32% above the typical value in Iowa ($237,000) and 15% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Alton rose 6.5%, compared with +3.3% in Iowa and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $98,036, against $75,059 in Iowa and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,459 people live in Alton (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Alton has the 98th-highest typical home value of the 770 cities in Iowa with Zillow figures.

Part of: Sioux County, IA · 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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