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Home values, rents and more in Mills County, IA

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

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Typical home value
$280,000
Metro: $306,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+3.2%
Metro: +2.7% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
14,793
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$90,753
Metro: $84,829 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around Mills County, IA, shaded by typical home valueMillsPottawattamieCassMontgomeryFremontPageDouglasSarpy
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Counties around Mills County, IA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). Mills County, IA is outlined.

How Mills County, IA compares

The typical home in Mills County, IA is worth about $280,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Mills County, IA are 8% below the typical value in the Omaha metro area ($306,000) and 23% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Mills County, IA rose 3.2%, compared with +2.7% in the Omaha metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $90,753, against $84,829 in the Omaha metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 14,793 people live in Mills County, IA (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

Mills County, IA has the 3rd-lowest typical home value of the 8 counties in the Omaha metro area and the 12th-highest of 99 in Iowa with Zillow figures.

Part of: Omaha 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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