Home values, rents and more in Des Moines, IA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Des Moines compares
The typical home in Des Moines, IA is worth about $208,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Des Moines are 29% below the typical value in the Des Moines metro area ($293,000) and 43% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Des Moines fell 0.3%, compared with +0.5% in the Des Moines metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,129 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 12% below the Des Moines metro area ($1,280) and 42% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.0% over the past year.
The median household income is $65,932, against $85,890 in the Des Moines metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 212,421 people live in Des Moines (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Des Moines has the 10th-lowest typical home value of the 63 cities in the Des Moines metro area and the 364th-highest of 770 in Iowa with Zillow figures.
Part of: Polk County, IA · Des Moines 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.