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Home values, rents and more in Grundy Center, IA

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

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Typical home value
$197,000
Metro: $198,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+0.1%
Metro: +0.9% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
2,809
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$80,357
Metro: $70,811 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Grundy Center, IA, shaded by typical home valueGrundy Center50638
  • Under $200k
  • $200k–$210k
  • $210k+
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ZIP codes around Grundy Center, IA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Grundy Center is outlined.

How Grundy Center compares

The typical home in Grundy Center, IA is worth about $197,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Grundy Center are about the same as the typical value in the Waterloo metro area ($198,000) and 46% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Grundy Center rose 0.1%, compared with +0.9% in the Waterloo metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $80,357, against $70,811 in the Waterloo metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 2,809 people live in Grundy Center (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Grundy Center has the 10th-lowest typical home value of the 25 cities in the Waterloo metro area and the 364th-lowest of 770 in Iowa with Zillow figures.

Part of: Grundy 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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