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Home values, rents and more in Otho, IA

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

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Typical home value
$125,000
Metro: $138,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
−3.5%
Metro: +1.1% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
380
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$43,482
Metro: $68,975 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Otho, IA, shaded by typical home valueOtho50569
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ZIP codes around Otho, IA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Otho is outlined.

How Otho compares

The typical home in Otho, IA is worth about $125,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Otho are 9% below the typical value in the Fort Dodge metro area ($138,000) and 66% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Otho fell 3.5%, compared with +1.1% in the Fort Dodge metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $43,482, against $68,975 in the Fort Dodge metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 380 people live in Otho (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Otho has the lowest typical home value of the 13 cities in the Fort Dodge metro area and the 61st-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.

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