A typical Swan home is worth about $326,000
Up 3.7% in a year, 36% above the Iowa typical home.
What kind of housing town is Swan?
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What it takes to buy in Swan
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That’s $53K short of a typical Swan home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $1,030 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Iowa typical property tax (1.39% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Home values since 2022
Typical home value by month.
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| January | Swan | Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $288,000 | $211,000 |
| 2024 | $299,000 | $218,000 |
| 2025 | $318,000 | $228,000 |
| 2026 | $319,000 | $236,000 |
| August 2026 | $326,000 | $240,000 |
A typical Swan home worth $267K in February 2022 is worth about $326K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Neighbors talk housing
What Swan buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community 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.