The story of this market
The typical home in Linn County, Iowa sells for about $239,250, or $144 per square foot.
Prices are up +15% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 59 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 88% since 2000. Last year 36 of 52 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is strong wind, which FEMA rates relatively high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,054 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,054 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+2.2%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+9.8%). Worst: 2011 (-1%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+1.5%
IA · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,459
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+2.2%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 52 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
40
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $79,106,352.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
90.5%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 14207 | 9573 | 90.5% | 8.2% | $145,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Linn County, Iowa
Linn County's housing market is experiencing significant price appreciation, with median sale prices rising 15% year-over-year as of March 2026. While sales volume remains relatively stable, the increase in days on market suggests a shift in absorption pace. The market is driven by steady demand in the Cedar Rapids area and broader regional economic activity.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
Select a city to expand its ZIP intel reports beneath · 2 cities · 3 ZIP reports
Median prices moved up 3.5% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 44 days on market with 3.2 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
16% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98.5% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 0.0% · poverty 9.2% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Owned and leased federal assets with active or excess status, per the General Services Administration's Real Estate Across the United States inventory (read 2026-09-25). A federal footprint read on this county — not a market valuation, and never an attribute of any individual property or tenant.
Deterministic aggregate of 3 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Each property observation weighs one in its ZIP's deterministic roll-up — property-level records (taxes, scores, permits) never roll individually. Latest property research run Sep 15, 2026.
No researched ZIP reports yet — ZIP discovery runs with the county's first refresh, and each ZIP's intel report appears here once its research lands.
The county maintains an Economic and Community Development Fund to foster economic growth and enhance quality of life.
Property tax assessments are managed by the county, with reassessment years requiring the use of sales from the previous year.
The county is the second-most populous in Iowa, with Cedar Rapids serving as the county seat and primary economic anchor.
Assessors are required to use sales from the previous year for each reassessment cycle.
- Bloomsbury Farm4.69.7 mi
- The Fun Station Cedar Rapids4.512.1 mi
- AirFX Trampoline Park4.61.6 mi
- Spare Time Cedar Rapids4.14 mi
- The Iowa Children's Museum4.826.2 mi
- Kinnick Stadium4.828.9 mi
- Big Grove Brewery & Taproom4.629.9 mi
- Carver-Hawkeye Arena4.728.5 mi
- Bloomsbury Farm4.69.7 mi
- Xtream Arena4.327.2 mi
- Palisades-Kepler State Park4.713.9 mi
- Bloomsbury Farm4.69.7 mi
- Marcus Cedar Rapids Cinema4.42.6 mi
- Cedar Ridge Distillery4.716.2 mi
- The Fun Station Cedar Rapids4.512.1 mi
- The Iowa Children's Museum4.826.2 mi
- Stanley Museum of Art4.629 mi
- Old Capitol Museum4.728.9 mi
- The Englert Theatre4.729 mi
- National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library4.86.9 mi
- Palisades-Kepler State Park4.713.9 mi
- Bloomsbury Farm4.69.7 mi
- Morgan Creek Park4.77.6 mi
- Lake Macbride State Park4.619.5 mi
- Indian Creek Nature Center4.88.2 mi
- Cedar Rapids Country Club4.85 mi
- Airport National Golf Course4.512.5 mi
- Ellis Park4.54.8 mi
- Hunters Ridge Golf Course4.24.8 mi
- Twin Pines Golf Course4.33.1 mi
- Lindale Mall3.93.7 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.43.9 mi
- NewBo City Market4.56.6 mi
- Fleet Farm4.22.9 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.37.6 mi
- Eastern Iowa Airport4.212.6 mi
- Eastern Iowa Airport4.612.3 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data sourced from Census Reporter and US Census Bureau QuickFacts.
applies when — Property must be occupied as the owner's homestead
Provides legal protections for the homestead property, including specific exemptions from judicial sale for debts, as defined under state law.
Iowa Code Chapter 561
Iowa generally requires judicial foreclosure proceedings. Borrowers are entitled to a notice of right to cure default prior to the initiation of foreclosure actions. Redemption rights exist post-sale unless specific statutory exceptions (such as foreclosure without redemption for nonagricultural land) are met.
Iowa Code Chapter 654
The taxable value is determined by applying an assessment limitation (rollback) to the assessed market value. The limitation is calculated annually to restrict the growth in aggregate taxable value for the residential class to 3% statewide.
Iowa Code Chapter 441; Iowa Department of Revenue Property Tax Overview
≈ $7,178/yr on a $239,250 median
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.