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Home values, rents and more in Primghar, IA

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

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Typical home value
$184,000
Iowa: $237,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+11.7%
Iowa: +3.3% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,014
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$78,750
Iowa: $75,059 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Primghar, IA, shaded by typical home valuePrimghar51245
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ZIP codes around Primghar, IA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Primghar is outlined.

How Primghar compares

The typical home in Primghar, IA is worth about $184,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Primghar are 22% below the typical value in Iowa ($237,000) and 50% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Primghar rose 11.7%, compared with +3.3% in Iowa and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $78,750, against $75,059 in Iowa and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,014 people live in Primghar (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Primghar has the 303rd-lowest typical home value of the 770 cities in Iowa with Zillow figures.

Part of: O'Brien County, IA · 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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