Home values, rents and more in Fort Dodge, IA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Fort Dodge compares
The typical home in Fort Dodge, IA is worth about $130,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Fort Dodge are 6% below the typical value in the Fort Dodge metro area ($138,000) and 65% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Fort Dodge rose 0.8%, compared with +1.1% in the Fort Dodge metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $804 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Fort Dodge metro area ($782) and 58% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 9.5% over the past year.
The median household income is $60,649, against $68,975 in the Fort Dodge metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 24,827 people live in Fort Dodge (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Fort Dodge has the 2nd-lowest typical home value of the 13 cities in the Fort Dodge metro area and the 78th-lowest of 770 in Iowa with Zillow figures.
Part of: Webster County, IA · Fort Dodge 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.