Home values, rents and more in Waukee, IA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Waukee compares
The typical home in Waukee, IA is worth about $345,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Waukee are 18% above the typical value in the Des Moines metro area ($293,000) and 6% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Waukee fell 1.5%, compared with +0.5% in the Des Moines metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,640 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 28% above the Des Moines metro area ($1,280) and 15% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.7% over the past year.
The median household income is $101,029, against $85,890 in the Des Moines metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 29,236 people live in Waukee (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Waukee has the 17th-highest typical home value of the 63 cities in the Des Moines metro area and the 56th-highest of 770 in Iowa with Zillow figures.
Part of: Dallas 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.