The story of this market
The typical home in Iowa County, Wisconsin sells for about $384,000, or $218 per square foot.
Prices are up +23.5% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 32 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 138% since 2000. Last year 6 of 6 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,093 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,093 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+4.1%
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 (+12.9%). Worst: 2011 (-3.6%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+5.2%
WI · 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
$1,460
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
+4.1%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 6 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
52
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $10,788,503.
Iowa County, Wisconsin
Iowa County's residential market maintains firm pricing, underpinned by constrained active listings and durable demand from local workers and Madison commuters. Median sale prices hover around $384,000 with homes moving in an average of 32 days, reflecting balanced seller leverage. Modest inventory turnover and low housing starts continue to sustain price stability across the county's Driftless Area communities.
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.
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Median prices moved up 2.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 42 days on market with 3.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
8% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 91.14% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 2.8% · poverty 8.3% — 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.
Deterministic aggregate of 15 researched ZIP reports of 17 — 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.
Iowa County, Wisconsin — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 8.5%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 53503 | Arena | $194,000 | $115 | +3.2% | 62 | 98% | 15% | 6 | 12 | $886 | researched Oct 8 |
| 53506 | — | $171,500 | $115 | +3.2% | 98 | 96.5% | 15% | 6 | 12 | $850 | researched Oct 8 |
| 53507 | Barneveld | $320,200 | $145 | +3.5% | 65 | 98.5% | 12% | 4.2 | 75 | $950 | researched Oct 8 |
| 53516 | Blanchardville | $307,863 | $246 | +0.1% | 41 | 100.6% | 14% | 4 | 1,198 | $697 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53517 | Blue Mounds | $307,863 | $168 | +2.5% | 41 | 99.2% | 12% | 3.2 | 12 | $1,079 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53526 | Cobb | $320,000 | $185 | +6.7% | 41 | 97.8% | 12% | 1.8 | 63 | $1,094 | researched Oct 1 |
| 53533 | Dodgeville | $255,200 | $138 | +2.5% | 45 | 98.5% | 8% | 3.2 | 12 | $1,150 | researched Oct 7 |
| 53535 | Edmund | $316,000 | $168 | +9% | 41 | 97.6% | — | 1.8 | 63 | $1,300 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53543 | Highland | $485,950 | $246 | — | 43 | 98.8% | — | 3.9 | 1,297 | $733 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53544 | Hollandale | $420,300 | $246 | +5.8% | 43 | 98.8% | — | 4 | 1,297 | $850 | researched Sep 23 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Iowa County reports violent and property crime rates substantially lower than both Wisconsin state averages and the broader national baseline. The rural landscape experiences infrequent serious incidents, with activity predominantly composed of low-level property offenses and traffic violations.
Public education is delivered across five community-anchored K-12 school districts led by Dodgeville and Mineral Point. District performance generally meets or exceeds state accountability expectations, highlighted by Mineral Point's strong academic ratings.
Hazard risks are primarily tied to riverine and low-lying flash flooding across the Wisconsin River basin and Pecatonica River tributaries during spring thaw or severe convective storms. Wildfire risk remains minimal, though regional convective wind and hail storms drive standard Midwest property casualty claims.
Economic momentum is anchored by Lands' End corporate headquarters in Dodgeville alongside agricultural processing, tourism, and expanding healthcare facilities. Modest spillover growth is driven by telecommuters and commuters linking into the Dane County and Madison metropolitan employment orbit.
Property taxes are levied based on full market value assessments administered by local municipal assessors under Wisconsin Department of Revenue oversight. Aggregate mill rates incorporate county, local municipal, school district, and Southwest Wisconsin Technical College levies, offset by the Wisconsin school levy tax credit and state lottery credit.
The county boasts extensive outdoor assets including Governor Dodge State Park, Tower Hill State Park, and the multi-use Military Ridge State Trail spanning former rail corridors. Cultural and historic recreation centers on Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin estate in Spring Green and the Mineral Point historic mining district.
The rental inventory is limited and concentrated primarily in Dodgeville and Mineral Point duplexes, small multi-family buildings, and converted single-family homes. Strong regional occupancy results in very tight vacancies and steady rent retention despite modest overall turnover.
The local economy is anchored by apparel retail giant Lands' End in Dodgeville, along with Upland Hills Health, public sector administration, advanced dairy and livestock agriculture, and heritage tourism. Proximity to Dane County also enables substantial outbound commuting into Madison's tech, university, and government employment sectors.
US Highway 18/151 provides a direct four-lane expressway corridor eastward toward Madison, making regional commuting straightforward. There is no fixed-route commuter rail or public transit service, leaving personal vehicles as the universal mode of transportation.
Development activity is largely managed through municipal extraterritorial zoning in Dodgeville and Mineral Point, focusing on infill residential parcels, light industrial park build-out, and farmland preservation under county zoning oversight.
Wisconsin does not operate unified County Appraisal Districts; property assessment is conducted at the municipal level by contracted private assessment firms or town/city assessors adhering to Wisconsin Department of Revenue standards and triennial equalized value benchmarks.
Parcels are subject to overlapping jurisdictions including local municipal governments, K-12 school districts, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College District, and localized sanitary or lake management districts.
Wisconsin maintains a competitive and relatively affordable residential property insurance market compared to national averages. Primary loss exposures are convective summer storms involving hail and high winds, winter frozen pipe risks, and localized riparian flooding along creek valleys.
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park4.229.7 mi
- Spare Time Madison4.429.6 mi
- Dave & Buster's Madison3.929.8 mi
- Crawdaddy Cove Indoor Water Park4.129.5 mi
- Escapology Escape Rooms Verona4.928.4 mi
- Cave of the Mounds4.714.2 mi
- Tyrol Basin4.516.3 mi
- American Players Theatre4.914 mi
- Seven Acre Dairy Company4.527.9 mi
- Bob Suter's LEGACY20 Arena Middleton4.429.4 mi
- The House on the Rock4.611.3 mi
- Cave of the Mounds4.714.2 mi
- Governor Dodge State Park4.76 mi
- Taliesin4.813.8 mi
- Yellowstone Lake State Park4.613.6 mi
- Taliesin4.813.8 mi
- Taliesin Preservation: Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center4.714 mi
- Black Earth Children's Museum4.721.4 mi
- Platte Mound M4.720.8 mi
- The Toy Train Barn Museum4.922.4 mi
- Cave of the Mounds4.714.2 mi
- Governor Dodge State Park4.76 mi
- Blue Mound State Park4.713 mi
- Yellowstone Lake State Park4.613.6 mi
- Blackhawk Lake Recreation Area4.712 mi
- The House on the Rock Resort4.113.4 mi
- Deer Valley Golf Course4.59.5 mi
- Norsk Golf Club4.218.7 mi
- Darlington Golf & Country Club4.519.8 mi
- Crazy Frank's Flea Market4.46.6 mi
- Blain's Farm & Fleet4.13.2 mi
- Peck's Farm Market East4.415.6 mi
- Peck's Farm Market4.117.7 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
A 5,350-acre premier park featuring Twin Valley Lake, Cox Hollow Lake, scenic sandstone bluffs, waterfalls, and over 40 miles of hiking, equestrian, and cross-country ski trails.
A UNESCO World Heritage-recognized estate preserving the 800-acre home, studio, and school of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, drawing international cultural tourism.
A 40-mile continuous multi-use crushed limestone trail following an 1855 military road corridor, linking Dodgeville directly to Madison suburbs for bicycling and winter snowmobiling.
A preserved 19th-century Cornish lead-mining settlement featuring restored limestone and log cottages that anchors Mineral Point's nationally recognized arts and artisan colony.
A historic park along the lower Wisconsin River featuring trails, scenic overlooks, and the reconstructed 1830s shot tower used for manufacturing lead ammunition.
Retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts and ACS 5-year profile tables for Iowa County, WI (FIPS 55049).