A typical Eddyville home is worth about $194,000
Up 8.3% in a year, 19% below the Iowa typical home.
Only 2 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Eddyville?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Up 42.1% in five years
Faster than Iowa (26.1%).
Show as a table
| January | Eddyville | Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $99,000 | $147,000 |
| 2018 | $95,000 | $152,000 |
| 2019 | $111,000 | $159,000 |
| 2020 | $119,000 | $167,000 |
| 2021 | $131,000 | $179,000 |
| 2022 | $142,000 | $195,000 |
| 2023 | $157,000 | $211,000 |
| 2024 | $162,000 | $218,000 |
| 2025 | $177,000 | $228,000 |
| 2026 | $183,000 | $236,000 |
| August 2026 | $194,000 | $240,000 |
A typical Eddyville home worth $96K in September 2016 is worth about $194K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 3.2 years of income
About the same as across Iowa. Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Eddyville home, with $25K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $220 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Eddyville’s typical property tax (1.53% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040
Renters already here pay a median of $591, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Mahaska County, IA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
2 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Eddyville in 2025, all single-family houses. That's 1.7 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Iowa (4.7). Over the past 10 years, Eddyville has permitted 6 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Eddyville's population fell by 54 even though 4 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Iowa: 1.3 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $683,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $401,000 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $215,000 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $210,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $158,000 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $160,000 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $435,000 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $430,000 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $120,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $260,000 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $330,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $120,000 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 | 2 | $312,000 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $400,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
80% of Eddyville households own their home
Half of Eddyville’s homes were built before 1971.
Iowa: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Neighbors talk housing
What Eddyville buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.