Home values, rents and more in Waterloo, IA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Waterloo compares
The typical home in Waterloo, IA is worth about $146,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Waterloo are 26% below the typical value in the Waterloo metro area ($198,000) and 60% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Waterloo fell 0.1%, compared with +0.9% in the Waterloo metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $909 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 11% below the Waterloo metro area ($1,023) and 53% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.4% over the past year.
The median household income is $57,480, against $70,811 in the Waterloo metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 67,008 people live in Waterloo (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Waterloo has the 3rd-lowest typical home value of the 25 cities in the Waterloo metro area and the 131st-lowest 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.