Typical Cost of a House in Marion County, Iowa
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The median home value in Marion County is $233,000, measured over 2020–2024. That is 12.0% above the Iowa median of $208,000. Half of owner-occupied homes are valued above that figure and half below.
Median home value
$233,000
2020–2024, give or take $9,817
Against Iowa
+12.0%
AboveIowa $208,000
Against the U.S.
−30.0%
BelowU.S. $332,700
Monthly housing costs in Marion County
What households actually pay each month, for those who own with a mortgage and those who rent, compared with Iowa as a whole.
Owning with a mortgage
$1,546a month
+0.8%Iowa $1,533
Median of mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees together.
Renting
$884a month
−9.1%Iowa $972
Median gross rent: the rent itself plus utilities the renter pays.
Where Marion County sits among Iowa's counties
Each tick is one county's median home value. The highlighted band holds the middle half of them, and the dark line is the median. Marion County is the 12th highest of 99.
What this figure is
It is not a sale price. The Census Bureau asks homeowners what they think their home would sell for, and this is the middle answer for owner-occupied homes in Marion County. It covers every kind of home people own and live in, so the price of a particular house on the market can be far from it.
The figure describes the whole of 2020–2024, not a single year, and it is not adjusted for price changes since then. The smaller a county, the fewer households the survey reaches and the less exact its estimate: here the true value is very likely within $9,817 of the one shown.
Common questions
How much does a house cost in Marion County, Iowa?
- The median home value in Marion County, Iowa is $233,000, from Census Bureau survey data for 2020–2024. Half of owner-occupied homes are valued above that and half below.
What is the average home price in Marion County, Iowa?
- The Census Bureau publishes a median rather than an average: $233,000 for 2020–2024. It is what owners estimate their homes would sell for, not a record of recent sale prices.
How much is a monthly mortgage payment in Marion County, Iowa?
- Homeowners with a mortgage in Marion County, Iowa pay a median of $1,546 a month. That covers the mortgage payment together with property taxes, insurance and utilities.
What is the average rent in Marion County, Iowa?
- Median gross rent in Marion County, Iowa is $884 a month for 2020–2024. Gross rent is the rent itself plus the utilities the renter pays.
Are homes in Marion County, Iowa expensive compared with other places?
- Marion County has the 12th highest median home value of the 99 counties in Iowa with a published figure, 12.0% above the Iowa median of $208,000.
Source
U.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024, tables B25077, B25064 and B25088. Retrieved on October 6, 2026.
About the American Community SurveySource: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024.
Other counties in Iowa
The percentage compares each county with the Iowa median.
- Adair County−22.9%$160,400
- Adams County−36.7%$131,600
- Allamakee County−17.2%$172,300
- Appanoose County−40.3%$124,200
- Audubon County−41.4%$121,900
- Benton County+0.1%$208,200
- Black Hawk County−9.2%$188,900
- Boone County+2.1%$212,400
- Bremer County+5.6%$219,600
- Buchanan County−15.4%$176,000
- Buena Vista County−23.3%$159,500
- Butler County−20.5%$165,400
- Calhoun County−42.9%$118,800
- Carroll County−15.4%$176,000
- Cass County−27.7%$150,300
- Cedar County+1.6%$211,300
- Cerro Gordo County−20.0%$166,400
- Cherokee County−23.7%$158,700
- Chickasaw County−12.2%$182,600
- Clarke County−22.5%$161,100
- Clay County−14.1%$178,600
- Clayton County−19.0%$168,500
- Clinton County−22.8%$160,600
- Crawford County−26.1%$153,700
- Dallas County+71.0%$355,600
- Davis County−22.2%$161,900
- Decatur County−45.2%$113,900
- Delaware County−14.5%$177,900
- Des Moines County−34.4%$136,500
- Dickinson County+30.1%$270,700
- Dubuque County+14.1%$237,300
- Emmet County−45.1%$114,100
- Fayette County−34.2%$136,800
- Floyd County−31.0%$143,500
- Franklin County−40.3%$124,100
- Fremont County−25.8%$154,400
- Greene County−25.3%$155,400
- Grundy County−4.4%$198,800
- Guthrie County−13.4%$180,100
- Hamilton County−24.8%$156,400
- Hancock County−32.0%$141,400
- Hardin County−41.1%$122,500
- Harrison County−15.4%$176,000
- Henry County−21.0%$164,300
- Howard County−28.9%$147,800
- Humboldt County−25.1%$155,800
- Ida County−47.6%$108,900
- Iowa County−6.8%$193,900
- Jackson County−15.9%$175,000
- Jasper County−10.4%$186,300
- Jefferson County−21.4%$163,400
- Johnson County+48.4%$308,600
- Jones County−11.2%$184,800
- Keokuk County−42.9%$118,700
- Kossuth County−28.7%$148,300
- Lee County−32.0%$141,400
- Linn County+3.0%$214,300
- Louisa County−27.8%$150,100
- Lucas County−42.2%$120,200
- Lyon County+10.6%$230,000
- Madison County+17.8%$245,100
- Mahaska County−24.1%$157,800
- Marshall County−30.0%$145,500
- Mills County+14.3%$237,800
- Mitchell County−15.8%$175,100
- Monona County−31.3%$142,900
- Monroe County−24.9%$156,300
- Montgomery County−41.6%$121,400
- Muscatine County−12.5%$182,100
- O'Brien County−16.8%$173,100
- Osceola County−41.1%$122,600
- Page County−39.8%$125,300
- Palo Alto County−40.8%$123,200
- Plymouth County+10.0%$228,900
- Pocahontas County−52.8%$98,100
- Polk County+26.0%$262,100
- Pottawattamie County−5.9%$195,700
- Poweshiek County+0.6%$209,300
- Ringgold County−24.9%$156,200
- Sac County−32.0%$141,400
- Scott County+6.7%$222,000
- Shelby County−21.2%$164,000
- Sioux County+20.2%$250,100
- Story County+24.4%$258,700
- Tama County−28.6%$148,600
- Taylor County−43.7%$117,200
- Union County−41.3%$122,000
- Van Buren County−44.9%$114,600
- Wapello County−39.9%$125,100
- Warren County+29.6%$269,600
- Washington County−2.0%$203,900
- Wayne County−46.5%$111,300
- Webster County−26.1%$153,800
- Winnebago County−35.1%$135,000
- Winneshiek County+24.6%$259,200
- Woodbury County−11.9%$183,200
- Worth County−29.9%$145,800
- Wright County−42.5%$119,600