Home values, rents and more in Buena Vista County, IA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Buena Vista County, IA compares
The typical home in Buena Vista County, IA is worth about $186,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Buena Vista County, IA are about the same as the typical value in the Storm Lake metro area ($186,000) and 49% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Buena Vista County, IA fell 0.2%, compared with −0.2% in the Storm Lake metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $71,719, against $71,719 in the Storm Lake metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 20,449 people live in Buena Vista County, IA (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Buena Vista County, IA has the 47th-lowest typical home value of the 99 counties in Iowa with Zillow figures.
Part of: Storm Lake 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.