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Home appreciation in Dubuque, IA

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Dubuque, IA grew an average of 7.8% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+5.3%

2025 over 2024. Iowa: +4.0%.

5-year, per year

+7.8%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. Iowa: +7.5%.

10-year, per year

+5.4%

+69.5% in total since 2015. Iowa: +5.4%.

How does your home compare?

Dubuque, IA home prices rose 69.5% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +63.4% to +76.4%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Dubuque, IA compares with Iowa

Iowa averaged +7.5% a year, so Dubuque, IA grew faster than the state overall. For five-year price growth, Dubuque, IA ranks 304th out of 409 metros nationwide and 2nd out of 8 in Iowa.

Index, 2005 = 100

Dubuque, IA and Iowa, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearDubuque, IAIowa
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q299101
2005 Q3102103
2005 Q4103104
2006 Q1104104
2006 Q2104104
2006 Q3106105
2006 Q4106106
2007 Q1107106
2007 Q2107107
2007 Q3108107
2007 Q4108108
2008 Q1109108
2008 Q2109108
2008 Q3108107
2008 Q4108107
2009 Q1109108
2009 Q2110108
2009 Q3110107
2009 Q4109107
2010 Q1109106
2010 Q2110106
2010 Q3111107
2010 Q4111107
2011 Q1112106
2011 Q2111106
2011 Q3113107
2011 Q4113107
2012 Q1113107
2012 Q2114107
2012 Q3115108
2012 Q4115108
2013 Q1116108
2013 Q2116109
2013 Q3118110
2013 Q4115110
2014 Q1116110
2014 Q2117111
2014 Q3118112
2014 Q4118113
2015 Q1119113
2015 Q2120115
2015 Q3120116
2015 Q4120116
2016 Q1122117
2016 Q2124118
2016 Q3123120
2016 Q4125120
2017 Q1125121
2017 Q2127123
2017 Q3129124
2017 Q4128125
2018 Q1129125
2018 Q2130128
2018 Q3132129
2018 Q4132129
2019 Q1133130
2019 Q2135131
2019 Q3135133
2019 Q4137134
2020 Q1137134
2020 Q2139135
2020 Q3141136
2020 Q4141139
2021 Q1143140
2021 Q2148147
2021 Q3155153
2021 Q4157156
2022 Q1161159
2022 Q2174169
2022 Q3173172
2022 Q4174171
2023 Q1174173
2023 Q2179178
2023 Q3182182
2023 Q4188182
2024 Q1188183
2024 Q2192188
2024 Q3196190
2024 Q4196190
2025 Q1200191
2025 Q2199195
2025 Q3204197
2025 Q4208198
2026 Q1205199
2026 Q2210202

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +5.4% a year over ten years, +69.5% in total.

Over this history, home prices rose in every year.

The strongest year was 2022 at +13.3%, and the weakest was 2010 at +0.7%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +5.3%, against +4.0% for the state.

ZIP codes in Dubuque, IA

Over the ten years to 2025, the 6 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +63.4% in 52002 to +76.4% in 52033, while the metro as a whole rose 69.5%.

ZIP codes in Dubuque, IA ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
52033+18.2%+8.6%+5.8%+76.4%
52040+0.3%+7.7%+5.5%+71.3%
52068+11.1%+7.4%+5.4%+68.9%
52001+4.9%+7.5%+5.3%+67.2%
52003+6.1%+7.6%+5.1%+65.0%
52002+6.3%+7.5%+5.0%+63.4%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

Read the full example report

Year by year

Annual house price index for Dubuque, IA and Iowa, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006103.5+3.5%102.6
2007106.0+2.4%104.9
2008107.2+1.1%105.4
2009108.3+1.0%105.3
2010109.0+0.7%104.6
2011111.0+1.9%104.3
2012112.7+1.5%105.5
2013114.8+1.8%107.1
2014115.8+0.9%109.2
2015118.4+2.3%112.8
2016122.1+3.1%116.7
2017125.7+3.0%121.0
2018129.3+2.8%125.3
2019133.7+3.4%129.3
2020137.7+3.0%133.6
2021149.0+8.2%146.1
2022168.7+13.3%164.9
2023178.6+5.8%175.3
2024190.6+6.7%184.2
2025200.7+5.3%191.5

The 8 measured metros in Iowa

Measured metros in Iowa ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Sioux City, IA-NE-SD+5.7%+8.5%+6.7%
2Dubuque, IA+5.3%+7.8%+5.4%
3Ames, IA+2.5%+7.3%+5.4%
4Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA+2.6%+7.3%+5.6%
5Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL+4.7%+7.0%+4.7%
6Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA+2.5%+7.0%+4.5%
7Cedar Rapids, IA+2.8%+6.8%+4.7%
8Iowa City, IA+5.0%+6.5%+4.6%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the Iowa row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2