Pottawattamie County, IA real estate

What the numbers say

Pottawattamie County, IA real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Pottawattamie County listed for $249,975, down 9.8% from a year earlier. That is 12% below the Iowa median of $284,900.

Homes spent a median of 37 days on the market, faster than 39 days a year ago. That makes Pottawattamie County the #1 fastest-selling of 13 Iowa counties we track.

Homeowners in Pottawattamie County pay a median of $3,067 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $195,700, an effective rate of about 1.57%. The Iowa average is 1.39%, which makes Pottawattamie County the #92 lowest-tax of 99 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,018 a month, and $1,043 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 20 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $250,000 home here comes to about $1,793 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $77,000 a year (the median household here earns $73,602).