Home values, rents and more in Palo Alto County, IA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Palo Alto County, IA compares
The typical home in Palo Alto County, IA is worth about $171,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Palo Alto County, IA are 28% below the typical value in Iowa ($237,000) and 53% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Palo Alto County, IA rose 3.5%, compared with +3.3% in Iowa and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $72,781, against $75,059 in Iowa and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 8,899 people live in Palo Alto County, IA (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Palo Alto County, IA has the 28th-lowest typical home value of the 99 counties in Iowa with Zillow figures.
Part of: 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.