A typical Sloan home is worth about $246,000
Up 4.9% in a year, close to the Iowa typical home.
Only 2 sales in March 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
Up 28.6% in five years
About the same pace as Iowa (26.1%).
Show as a table
| January | Sloan | Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $137,000 | $147,000 |
| 2018 | $136,000 | $152,000 |
| 2019 | $144,000 | $159,000 |
| 2020 | $157,000 | $167,000 |
| 2021 | $176,000 | $179,000 |
| 2022 | $197,000 | $195,000 |
| 2023 | $215,000 | $211,000 |
| 2024 | $221,000 | $218,000 |
| 2025 | $234,000 | $228,000 |
| 2026 | $238,000 | $236,000 |
| August 2026 | $246,000 | $240,000 |
A typical Sloan home worth $133K in September 2016 is worth about $246K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 3.6 years of income
More than across Iowa (3.2 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Sloan home, with $13K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,120 a month here, $390 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Sloan’s typical property tax (1.06% 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 $1,120
Renters already here pay a median of $755, 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 (Sioux City, IA-NE-SD MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
1 new home permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 1 new home in Sloan in 2025. That's 1 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Iowa (4.7). Over the past 10 years, Sloan has permitted 38 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Sloan gained 69 residents while 27 new homes were permitted: about 2.6 new residents per new home. Building and growth moved roughly in step. 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) | 1 | 1 | 0 | $395,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $350,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $2 million |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $400,000 |
| 2022 | 6 | 4 | 2 | $1.8 million |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $275,000 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $476,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $535,000 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $622,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $100,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $230,000 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $605,000 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $540,000 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 | 2 | $450,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $125,000 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $350,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
67% of Sloan households own their home
Half of Sloan’s homes were built before 1968.
Iowa: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
On the market in Sloan
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, March 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.