Appreciation Velocity — Iowa Cities
Cities of Iowa ranked by 1Y / 3Y / 5Y home-price appreciation.
Public Record
Top 10 — 10Y appreciation (Citys)
#1 · Edgewood, IA
+1,069.0%
#2 · Agency, IA
+991.5%
#3 · Cumming, IA
+972.1%
#4 · Springville, IA
+917.3%
#5 · Lansing, IA
+801.6%
#6 · New Hartford, IA
+778.4%
#7 · Council Bluffs, IA
+773.1%
#8 · Mitchellville, IA
+698.4%
#9 · Guthrie Center, IA
+683.8%
#10 · Lenox, IA
+581.7%
City ranking — 10Y appreciation (highest first)
| # | City | State | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | Current median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edgewood, IA | IA | +1,788.5% | — | +655.4% | +1,069.0% | $491K |
| 2 | Agency, IA | IA | +48.8% | +62.1% | +127.0% | +991.5% | $271.5K |
| 3 | Cumming, IA | IA | +3.7% | +232.4% | +24.1% | +972.1% | $590K |
| 4 | Springville, IA | IA | +327.3% | +211.5% | +261.8% | +917.3% | $864.7K |
| 5 | Lansing, IA | IA | -27.4% | — | +113.1% | +801.6% | $275K |
| 6 | New Hartford, IA | IA | +82.9% | -24.1% | +85.7% | +778.4% | $325K |
| 7 | Council Bluffs, IA | IA | +373.7% | +529.7% | +602.6% | +773.1% | $1.14M |
| 8 | Mitchellville, IA | IA | +228.1% | — | +329.8% | +698.4% | $1.04M |
| 9 | Guthrie Center, IA | IA | -54.4% | — | +5.3% | +683.8% | $191.5K |
| 10 | Lenox, IA | IA | +79.1% | +46.1% | +27.5% | +581.7% | $204.5K |
| 11 | Parkersburg, IA | IA | +102.5% | +131.7% | +9.1% | +569.0% | $267.6K |
| 12 | Grinnell, IA | IA | +266.0% | +353.0% | +412.7% | +555.9% | $825.7K |
| 13 | Lone Tree, IA | IA | +118.8% | +24.1% | +214.0% | +444.7% | $350K |
| 14 | Ruthven, IA | IA | +222.1% | +13.3% | +66.7% | +422.9% | $470K |
| 15 | Centerville, IA | IA | +84.4% | +77.8% | -5.3% | +413.7% | $213.3K |
| 16 | Rock Valley, IA | IA | +1,869.7% | — | +333.3% | +412.8% | $650K |
| 17 | Lake Park, IA | IA | +96.7% | +0.3% | +203.0% | +395.1% | $501.7K |
| 18 | Calamus, IA | IA | +293.0% | — | +201.0% | +386.4% | $899.9K |
| 19 | Shenandoah, IA | IA | +179.2% | +190.2% | +539.6% | +379.9% | $379K |
| 20 | Oxford, IA | IA | +868.8% | +0.6% | +23.0% | +342.9% | $310K |
| 21 | Alleman, IA | IA | — | — | +282.2% | +329.2% | $795K |
| 22 | Albia, IA | IA | +33.8% | +52.0% | -4.4% | +301.0% | $245K |
| 23 | Brighton, IA | IA | +53.5% | — | +24.7% | +291.6% | $153K |
| 24 | Lamoni, IA | IA | +78.4% | +4.2% | +76.5% | +282.4% | $200.3K |
| 25 | Clear Lake, IA | IA | +95.5% | +124.3% | +179.4% | +274.7% | $759.8K |
| 26 | Fort Dodge, IA | IA | +148.3% | +247.2% | +213.6% | +272.8% | $402.1K |
| 27 | Stanton, IA | IA | — | — | +36.5% | +258.3% | $215K |
| 28 | Fairfax, IA | IA | +10.4% | +54.0% | +104.0% | +248.8% | $466K |
| 29 | Nashua, IA | IA | +58.2% | +365.1% | +70.7% | +225.0% | $269.8K |
| 30 | Peosta, IA | IA | -28.5% | — | +103.7% | +219.5% | $447.3K |
| 31 | Lucas, IA | IA | — | — | +154.6% | +218.5% | $633.8K |
| 32 | Colfax, IA | IA | +82.8% | +24.5% | +81.4% | +214.8% | $253.8K |
| 33 | Chariton, IA | IA | -28.5% | +110.2% | +5.4% | +214.2% | $162K |
| 34 | New Virginia, IA | IA | +69.0% | — | +40.5% | +211.7% | $425K |
| 35 | Eagle Grove, IA | IA | +30.3% | — | +217.6% | +210.8% | $190K |
| 36 | Elkhart, IA | IA | +48.2% | -29.5% | +14.5% | +210.3% | $315K |
| 37 | Callender, IA | IA | — | — | — | +205.7% | $240K |
| 38 | Bellevue, IA | IA | +19.1% | +685.7% | — | +195.6% | $385K |
| 39 | Dixon, IA | IA | — | — | +842.5% | +194.5% | $377K |
| 40 | Indianola, IA | IA | +21.1% | +80.9% | +145.2% | +193.8% | $467.9K |
| 41 | Batavia, IA | IA | +1,700.0% | +168.7% | -1.8% | +190.3% | $180K |
| 42 | New Hampton, IA | IA | +5.3% | -20.6% | -7.3% | +188.8% | $135K |
| 43 | Harpers Ferry, IA | IA | -19.0% | -40.1% | +23.5% | +186.8% | $206.5K |
| 44 | Spirit Lake, IA | IA | +36.8% | +15.5% | +65.5% | +176.6% | $640.7K |
| 45 | Wellsburg, IA | IA | +262.9% | — | — | +173.3% | $154.3K |
| 46 | Washburn, IA | IA | +43.8% | — | — | +169.5% | $223K |
| 47 | Prairie City, IA | IA | +35.8% | +127.9% | +98.2% | +168.7% | $359.3K |
| 48 | Westside, IA | IA | — | — | +172.5% | +164.8% | $188K |
| 49 | Dyersville, IA | IA | -20.7% | -97.8% | +113.0% | +164.1% | $209.3K |
| 50 | State Center, IA | IA | +94.1% | — | +111.3% | +163.2% | $365K |
| 51 | Ackley, IA | IA | -12.5% | +150.4% | +113.7% | +162.5% | $249K |
| 52 | Denver, IA | IA | +361.4% | +182.3% | +112.9% | +161.9% | $437.5K |
| 53 | Huxley, IA | IA | +23.7% | +56.6% | +73.6% | +161.7% | $412.4K |
| 54 | Charles City, IA | IA | +64.5% | -8.9% | +139.9% | +160.7% | $241K |
| 55 | Earlham, IA | IA | +17.6% | -11.7% | -48.3% | +159.4% | $309.2K |
| 56 | North English, IA | IA | +14.9% | — | +356.7% | +158.1% | $193.3K |
| 57 | Red Oak, IA | IA | +33.2% | -5.0% | +23.7% | +157.3% | $210.2K |
| 58 | Dubuque, IA | IA | -2.9% | -75.2% | +129.0% | +157.0% | $387.8K |
| 59 | Wellman, IA | IA | -30.2% | — | +54.0% | +150.3% | $225K |
| 60 | Deep River, IA | IA | +76.3% | — | — | +149.6% | $297K |
| 61 | Melcher Dallas, IA | IA | +26.4% | +50.4% | +89.3% | +147.6% | $177K |
| 62 | Cedar Falls, IA | IA | +47.8% | +229.2% | +75.9% | +147.4% | $460.2K |
| 63 | Badger, IA | IA | +118.9% | +163.4% | — | +145.8% | $295K |
| 64 | Le Mars, IA | IA | +16.4% | +3.3% | +119.0% | +145.4% | $355K |
| 65 | Vinton, IA | IA | +51.3% | +12.9% | +67.4% | +145.1% | $206.8K |
| 66 | Perry, IA | IA | +8.8% | -27.3% | +16.9% | +143.8% | $196.3K |
| 67 | Paullina, IA | IA | -61.4% | — | -44.4% | +141.8% | $55K |
| 68 | Greenfield, IA | IA | -58.0% | +15.6% | +90.3% | +141.6% | $170K |
| 69 | Maxwell, IA | IA | +84.0% | — | +41.6% | +139.2% | $269K |
| 70 | West Des Moines, IA | IA | +21.9% | +73.1% | +74.7% | +138.9% | $491.7K |
| 71 | Bondurant, IA | IA | +35.2% | +61.2% | +73.0% | +137.6% | $421.6K |
| 72 | Madrid, IA | IA | -44.8% | +1.0% | +44.0% | +137.1% | $281.3K |
| 73 | Solon, IA | IA | -30.0% | +5.0% | +16.0% | +137.0% | $410.5K |
| 74 | Sigourney, IA | IA | +35.0% | +73.3% | +70.9% | +133.9% | $206.3K |
| 75 | Maquoketa, IA | IA | -22.4% | +21.3% | +59.3% | +132.7% | $179.9K |
| 76 | Strawberry Point, IA | IA | +14.0% | -66.3% | +113.7% | +132.6% | $162.5K |
| 77 | Gilbertville, IA | IA | — | — | +134.1% | +128.7% | $225.3K |
| 78 | Robins, IA | IA | +52.7% | +517.6% | +32.5% | +124.2% | $525K |
| 79 | Orange City, IA | IA | -29.3% | -11.4% | +37.8% | +116.5% | $211.8K |
| 80 | Norwalk, IA | IA | -16.1% | -37.7% | +64.6% | +115.6% | $367.4K |
| 81 | Nevada, IA | IA | -19.2% | +34.4% | +28.1% | +115.1% | $228.5K |
| 82 | Osceola, IA | IA | -6.9% | +18.6% | +10.5% | +114.9% | $201.8K |
| 83 | Lynnville, IA | IA | +53.6% | — | +17.0% | +108.6% | $302.5K |
| 84 | Primghar, IA | IA | -68.6% | -14.7% | +45.5% | +108.4% | $136.5K |
| 85 | Clarion, IA | IA | +164.7% | +32.3% | +170.7% | +107.9% | $198.5K |
| 86 | Corydon, IA | IA | +54.6% | — | -6.2% | +107.1% | $205K |
| 87 | Audubon, IA | IA | +17.0% | +40.9% | +163.0% | +104.5% | $170K |
| 88 | Waukee, IA | IA | -28.6% | -33.5% | +56.8% | +103.3% | $562.6K |
| 89 | Webster City, IA | IA | -13.7% | -8.7% | +9.5% | +102.6% | $207.5K |
| 90 | Clive, IA | IA | +10.7% | +55.0% | +57.1% | +102.5% | $510.7K |
| 91 | West Branch, IA | IA | +29.1% | +29.2% | +50.7% | +101.5% | $303.5K |
| 92 | Norway, IA | IA | -15.9% | — | +170.2% | +98.5% | $192.5K |
| 93 | Keokuk, IA | IA | -27.6% | -12.1% | +61.2% | +96.9% | $113K |
| 94 | Victor, IA | IA | -82.1% | — | -9.3% | +95.9% | $68.6K |
| 95 | Anamosa, IA | IA | -21.3% | +10.8% | +52.7% | +94.8% | $232K |
| 96 | Pella, IA | IA | -11.5% | +35.7% | +63.9% | +94.3% | $342.5K |
| 97 | Stuart, IA | IA | +36.3% | — | +140.5% | +92.5% | $307.5K |
| 98 | Davenport, IA | IA | +7.2% | +92.8% | +59.2% | +89.2% | $275.9K |
| 99 | Ellston, IA | IA | +1,624.6% | +31.2% | +77.0% | +86.9% | $440.3K |
| 100 | Conrad, IA | IA | +55.4% | -12.1% | +270.5% | +86.5% | $307.5K |
How to read these numbers
Velocity vs. level
A market with 25% one-year appreciation is moving fast — but a market with steady 6% over ten years has compounded much further. Use 10Y as the long-run signal, 1Y as the momentum signal.
Mean-reversion risk
Markets that posted huge 1Y and 3Y gains often cool over the next cycle. Compare 1Y to 5Y: if 1Y is far above 5Y, the trend is accelerating; if far below, it is decelerating — often the more important signal.
Sample sanity
We require a minimum current median price (default $50K) to filter out tiny ZIPs with noisy data. Raise that threshold for serious investment markets; lower it to find emerging niches. Source: public record.