Home values, rents and more in Boone, IA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Boone compares
The typical home in Boone, IA is worth about $212,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Boone are 24% below the typical value in the Ames metro area ($277,000) and 42% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Boone rose 1.5%, compared with +2.6% in the Ames metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $814 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 30% below the Ames metro area ($1,162) and 58% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $69,222, against $73,127 in the Ames metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 12,424 people live in Boone (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Boone has the lowest typical home value of the 18 cities in the Ames metro area and the 346th-highest of 770 in Iowa with Zillow figures.
Part of: Boone County, IA · Ames 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.