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Cheapest Counties to Buy a House in Iowa (2026)

Pocahontas has the lowest home prices of any county in Iowa, at $105,864, followed by Appanoose and Lee. Source: Zillow Research, Zillow 2026-06. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated June 2026 - Source: Zillow Research

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Cheapest counties for home prices in Iowa

Top 25 of 99 counties with data.

Ranked by typical home value (Zillow Research, Zillow 2026-06), lowest first.

Cheapest counties for home prices in Iowa
RankCountyValue
1Pocahontas$105,864
2Appanoose$119,278
3Lee$128,725
4Wapello$132,702
5Wright$141,373
6Webster$141,880
7Taylor$143,978
8Montgomery$146,068
9Hardin$146,926
10Wayne$147,926
11Des Moines$150,712
12Keokuk$153,085
13Winnebago$156,787
14Page$156,961
15Ida$159,185
16Calhoun$159,427
17Fayette$159,695
18Emmet$159,826
19Franklin$160,373
20Audubon$161,635
21Floyd$163,189
22Adams$163,905
23Union$164,334
24Cherokee$164,509
25Decatur$164,931

How this ranking works

This page ranks Iowa counties by typical home value, sorted so the cheapest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For home prices, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh home prices against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of typical home value.

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