Cedar Rapids, IA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Cedar Rapids: a median closing price of $210,880 across 1,186 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Cedar Rapids, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Cedar Rapids sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 1,186
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $210,880
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $134
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $159,950 and $276,500
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 1,186 closed sales in Cedar Rapids over the last six months, with a median closing price of $210,880. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $159,950 and $276,500. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. The large tracked sample provides substantial market-level evidence. Across the 1,184 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $113 and $159 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Cedar Rapids, IA (August 2026)
The median home price in Cedar Rapids is $210,880, measured across the 1,186 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $159,950 and $276,500.
Where Cedar Rapids sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Cedar Rapids over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $159,950 and $276,500. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 7 days, across 953 Cedar Rapids closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 34 days, across 960 Cedar Rapids closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Cedar Rapids angle
Cedar Rapids sits mid-pack among the markets we track for closed-price spread, and mid-pack is exactly where the median gets misused. Across 1,186 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $210,880, and the middle half of sales closed between $159,950 and $276,500, with the upper portion of that band covering more ground than the lower. The range is narrow enough to look trustworthy and wide enough to hurt you if you price off the midpoint, so treat the median as a check on a comp-built number rather than a substitute for one. Volume runs deeper than most markets we track, which makes strict matching practical.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 12,516+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Cedar Rapids address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Cedar Rapids, IA
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 1,186
Median sold price: $210,880
Median sold $/sqft: $134 (1,184 qualifying)
https://resideline.com/blog/cedar-rapids-ia-housing-market
The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Cedar Rapids over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Cedar Rapids?
The median sold price in Cedar Rapids over the last 6 months is $210,880, measured across 1,186 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Cedar Rapids last month?
Resideline tracked 232 closed sales in Cedar Rapids in July 2026, out of 1,186 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Cedar Rapids?
The middle half of Cedar Rapids sales over the last six months closed between $159,950 and $276,500, with a median of $210,880.
What is the typical price per square foot in Cedar Rapids?
Among qualifying Cedar Rapids closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $134, measured across 1,184 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
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