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Home values, rents and more in Gilbertville, IA

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

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Typical home value
$216,000
Metro: $198,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+0.7%
Metro: +0.9% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
761
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$79,583
Metro: $70,811 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Gilbertville, IA, shaded by typical home valueGilbertville
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ZIP codes around Gilbertville, IA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Gilbertville is outlined.

How Gilbertville compares

The typical home in Gilbertville, IA is worth about $216,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Gilbertville are 9% above the typical value in the Waterloo metro area ($198,000) and 41% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Gilbertville rose 0.7%, compared with +0.9% in the Waterloo metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $79,583, against $70,811 in the Waterloo metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 761 people live in Gilbertville (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Gilbertville has the 13th-highest typical home value of the 25 cities in the Waterloo metro area and the 331st-highest of 770 in Iowa with Zillow figures.

Part of: Black Hawk County, IA · Waterloo 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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