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Home values, rents and more in Fertile, IA

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

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Typical home value
$196,000
Metro: $203,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+5.7%
Metro: +3.2% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
255
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$65,000
Metro: $68,926 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Fertile, IA, shaded by typical home valueFertile50434
  • Under $190k
  • $190k–$200k
  • $200k–$210k
  • $210k–$260k
  • $260k+
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ZIP codes around Fertile, IA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Fertile is outlined.

How Fertile compares

The typical home in Fertile, IA is worth about $196,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Fertile are 3% below the typical value in the Mason City metro area ($203,000) and 46% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Fertile rose 5.7%, compared with +3.2% in the Mason City metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $65,000, against $68,926 in the Mason City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 255 people live in Fertile (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Fertile has the 7th-highest typical home value of the 14 cities in the Mason City metro area and the 361st-lowest of 770 in Iowa with Zillow figures.

Part of: Worth County, IA · Mason City 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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