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Home values, rents and more in Menlo, IA

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

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Typical home value
$229,000
Metro: $293,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+6.3%
Metro: +0.5% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
398
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$77,396
Metro: $85,890 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Menlo, IA, shaded by typical home valueMenlo
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  • $210k–$220k
  • $220k+
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ZIP codes around Menlo, IA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Menlo is outlined.

How Menlo compares

The typical home in Menlo, IA is worth about $229,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Menlo are 22% below the typical value in the Des Moines metro area ($293,000) and 37% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Menlo rose 6.3%, compared with +0.5% in the Des Moines metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $77,396, against $85,890 in the Des Moines metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 398 people live in Menlo (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Menlo has the 13th-lowest typical home value of the 63 cities in the Des Moines metro area and the 299th-highest of 770 in Iowa with Zillow figures.

Part of: Guthrie 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.

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