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Counties in Iowa by county house price annual change, sales and refinances

Calhoun County had the highest county house price annual change, sales and refinances of 98 counties in 2020, at 9.02%. Osceola County had the lowest, at -8.21%. The median was 1.86%. Source: the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Highest9.02Calhoun County
Lowest-8.21Osceola County
Median1.8698 counties

Top 40 counties, 2020

CSVChart (SVG)

Calhoun CountyCalhoun County: 9.02 %9.02Decatur CountyDecatur County: 7.72 %7.72Monroe CountyMonroe County: 7.1 %7.1Union CountyUnion County: 6.96 %6.96Palo Alto CountyPalo Alto County: 6.84 %6.84Ringgold CountyRinggold County: 6.65 %6.65Lee CountyLee County: 5.23 %5.23Floyd CountyFloyd County: 5.06 %5.06Howard CountyHoward County: 4.9 %4.9Adair CountyAdair County: 4.88 %4.88Pottawattamie CountyPottawattamie County: 4.81 %4.81Guthrie CountyGuthrie County: 4.8 %4.8Page CountyPage County: 4.66 %4.66Tama CountyTama County: 4.22 %4.22Grundy CountyGrundy County: 4.02 %4.02Franklin CountyFranklin County: 3.78 %3.78Allamakee CountyAllamakee County: 3.73 %3.73Buchanan CountyBuchanan County: 3.51 %3.51Mills CountyMills County: 3.43 %3.43Cass CountyCass County: 3.41 %3.41Benton CountyBenton County: 3.31 %3.31Lyon CountyLyon County: 3.3 %3.3Clayton CountyClayton County: 3.24 %3.24Clarke CountyClarke County: 3.18 %3.18Shelby CountyShelby County: 3.14 %3.14Appanoose CountyAppanoose County: 3.11 %3.11Henry CountyHenry County: 3 %3Iowa CountyIowa County: 3 %3Woodbury CountyWoodbury County: 3 %3Worth CountyWorth County: 2.98 %2.98Winnebago CountyWinnebago County: 2.95 %2.95Monona CountyMonona County: 2.93 %2.93Harrison CountyHarrison County: 2.92 %2.92Ida CountyIda County: 2.84 %2.84Buena Vista CountyBuena Vista County: 2.56 %2.56Muscatine CountyMuscatine County: 2.42 %2.42Sac CountySac County: 2.42 %2.42Poweshiek CountyPoweshiek County: 2.41 %2.41Clinton CountyClinton County: 2.35 %2.35Cerro Gordo CountyCerro Gordo County: 2.27 %2.27
%. Source: FHFA. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

Full ranking

RankCounties2020 (%)Change on 2019
1Calhoun County9.02+13.11 pts
2Decatur County7.72+8.58 pts
3Monroe County7.1+2.23 pts
4Union County6.96+8.62 pts
5Palo Alto County6.84+9.99 pts
6Ringgold County6.65-2 pts
7Lee County5.23+4.3 pts
8Floyd County5.06+4.18 pts
9Howard County4.9-0.05 pts
10Adair County4.88+2.41 pts
11Pottawattamie County4.81-0.98 pts
12Guthrie County4.8+4.16 pts
13Page County4.66+4.99 pts
14Tama County4.22-0.27 pts
15Grundy County4.02+0.84 pts
16Franklin County3.78+0.47 pts
17Allamakee County3.73+3.59 pts
18Buchanan County3.51+0.15 pts
19Mills County3.43-1.41 pts
20Cass County3.41-0.6 pts
21Benton County3.31+1.66 pts
22Lyon County3.3+0.21 pts
23Clayton County3.24+1.13 pts
24Clarke County3.18+4.02 pts
25Shelby County3.14-1.07 pts
26Appanoose County3.11+2.19 pts
27Henry County3+2.67 pts
27Iowa County3-1.63 pts
27Woodbury County3-1.18 pts
30Worth County2.98+5.72 pts
31Winnebago County2.95+1.53 pts
32Monona County2.93+1.38 pts
33Harrison County2.92-4.23 pts
34Ida County2.84+1.67 pts
35Buena Vista County2.56+1.91 pts
36Muscatine County2.42+0.47 pts
36Sac County2.42-0.06 pts
38Poweshiek County2.41+0.16 pts
39Clinton County2.35-1.13 pts
40Cerro Gordo County2.27-0.3 pts
41Wright County2.24-2.35 pts
42Scott County2.13-0.65 pts
43Lucas County2.12-3.06 pts
44Pocahontas County2.11-5.4 pts
45Linn County2.06-0.79 pts
46Mahaska County2.04-0.91 pts
47Marshall County1.97-0.98 pts
48Polk County1.95-1.13 pts
49Carroll County1.86-3.62 pts
49Dubuque County1.86-1.66 pts
51Audubon County1.85-17.8 pts
52Jackson County1.7-0.67 pts
53Sioux County1.69-2.88 pts
54Boone County1.67-2.04 pts
55Crawford County1.63n/a
55Kossuth County1.63+0.92 pts
57Hardin County1.62-2.93 pts
58Hancock County1.4-3.63 pts
58Winneshiek County1.4-0.84 pts
60Black Hawk County1.31-0.43 pts
61Jones County1.25-2.67 pts
62Plymouth County1.2-2.1 pts
63Dickinson County1.16-1.93 pts
64Jasper County1.11-4.73 pts
65Webster County1.05-1.72 pts
66Davis County1-6.29 pts
67Johnson County0.93-1.32 pts
68Fayette County0.85-0.36 pts
69Mitchell County0.78-4.92 pts
70Story County0.63-2.68 pts
71Washington County0.62-2.98 pts
72Delaware County0.58-1.01 pts
73Cedar County0.56-2.87 pts
74Clay County0.53-2.18 pts
75Warren County0.52-2.47 pts
76Marion County0.49-5.25 pts
77O'Brien County0.48-6.44 pts
78Keokuk County0.47-2.95 pts
79Wapello County0.45-2.38 pts
80Des Moines County0.31-1.13 pts
81Dallas County0.17-2.15 pts
82Cherokee County0.01-3.43 pts
83Louisa County-0.06-6.23 pts
84Madison County-0.24-4.68 pts
85Emmet County-0.28-2.69 pts
86Wayne County-0.29-15.22 pts
87Fremont County-0.3-7.78 pts
88Bremer County-0.31-4.99 pts
89Humboldt County-0.35-2.52 pts
90Hamilton County-0.48-3.51 pts
91Butler County-0.92-7.37 pts
92Greene County-1.53-3.05 pts
93Chickasaw County-1.56-12.63 pts
94Jefferson County-1.84-8.16 pts
94Taylor County-1.84-12.64 pts
96Montgomery County-2.41-9.98 pts
97Adams County-2.7-9.1 pts
98Osceola County-8.21-23.06 pts

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About this ranking

Published percentage change from the previous year in the FHFA all-transactions house price index for US counties.

Developmental nominal series, not seasonally adjusted. Includes sale prices and refinance appraisals, unlike purchase-only series. Uses the published annual change directly; it is unaffected by the index base year. Missing estimates remain absent and historical estimates can be revised.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). FHFA developmental all-transactions county house prices, published annual percent change, nominal, not seasonally adjusted. https://www.fhfa.gov/hpi/download/annual/hpi_at_county.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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Questions

Which county has the highest county house price annual change, sales and refinances?

Calhoun County, with 9.02% in 2020, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Which county has the lowest county house price annual change, sales and refinances?

Osceola County, with -8.21% in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

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