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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 $105,946, followed by Appanoose and Lee (data vintage Zillow 2026-04). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated April 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 2026-04), lowest first.

Cheapest counties for home prices in Iowa
RankCountyValue
1Pocahontas$105,946
2Appanoose$114,860
3Lee$123,507
4Wapello$128,367
5Taylor$136,028
6Webster$138,037
7Wright$139,504
8Keokuk$141,628
9Hardin$142,357
10Wayne$143,230
11Montgomery$143,464
12Des Moines$146,297
13Calhoun$149,797
14Page$151,093
15Emmet$151,760
16Audubon$151,895
17Fayette$154,068
18Franklin$154,851
19Winnebago$155,320
20Ida$156,251
21Adams$157,986
22Monona$159,156
23Floyd$159,406
24Cherokee$159,890
25Union$161,048

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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