Home values, rents and more in the Waterloo metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Waterloo metro compares
The typical home in the Waterloo metro area is worth about $198,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Waterloo metro are 16% below the typical value in Iowa ($237,000) and 46% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Waterloo metro rose 0.9%, compared with +3.3% in Iowa and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,023 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 15% below Iowa ($1,208) and 47% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $70,811, against $75,059 in Iowa and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 169,189 people live in the Waterloo metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Waterloo metro has the 242nd-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 10th-lowest of 23 in Iowa with Zillow figures.
Part of: Iowa
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Waterloo metro
Cities in the Waterloo metro
- Waterloo, IA $146,000
- Cedar Falls, IA $266,000
- Waverly, IA $280,000
- Evansdale, IA $157,000
- Grundy Center, IA $197,000
- Hudson, IA $274,000
- Denver, IA $309,000
- Sumner, IA $148,000
- La Porte City, IA $238,000
- Reinbeck, IA $192,000
- Dike, IA $299,000
- Conrad, IA $180,000
- Tripoli, IA $171,000
- Elk Run Heights, IA $199,000
- Janesville, IA $315,000
- Raymond, IA $239,000
- Dunkerton, IA $241,000
- Gilbertville, IA $216,000
- Readlyn, IA $226,000
- Wellsburg, IA $160,000
- Holland, IA $211,000
- Plainfield, IA $226,000
- Stout, IA $139,000
- Frederika, IA $101,000
- Beaman, IA $220,000
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.