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Davenport - IA housing market

The Davenport metro has a typical home value of $196,628, up 5.2% from a year ago. Homes are moving fast at 11 days on market, a strong seller's market. 25% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$196,628
+5.2% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$196,479
+11.0% YoY
Median list price
$214,667
Sale-to-list ratio
99.5%
Selling below ask
Days on market
11d
Listings w/ price cut
24.6%
New listings / mo
528
+10.7% YoY
Homes for sale
1,231
+6.7% YoY
Typical rent
$1,009/mo
+5.0% YoY
Income needed to buy
$57,200
Rent vs buy
16.2x
October 2026 report · Zillow data through August 2026

Davenport housing market, October 2026

The typical Davenport home is worth $196,628 as of August 2026, up 0.3% from the prior month, up 0.8% over three months, and up 5.2% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $182,516 to $196,628.

Homes are going pending in about 11 days, slower than the 9 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 1,231 homes for sale, 7% more than a year ago. 24.6% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 19.9% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,008 a month, up 5.0% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 16.2.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($39,326), the typical Davenport home costs about $1,335 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $57,200 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$197k$183kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Days to pending, 24 months
33d8dSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
1.3k1.0kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26

Income needed to buy assumes 20% down, a 30-year fixed mortgage at 7.4% (Freddie Mac weekly average), property tax at 1.1% and insurance at 0.4% of value per year, and a 28% payment-to-income cap. Local taxes and insurance vary; treat it as a comparison figure across metros, not a lender's answer. All metros ranked →

Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($196,628) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Davenport - IA metro area: a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are up 5.2% over the past year. In Davenport - IA, that means a home worth $186,909 last year is now worth roughly $196,628.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $196,479. Homes are selling at 99.5% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Davenport - IA sit on the market for roughly 11 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 24.6% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 528 new listings hit the market each month in Davenport - IA. There are currently 1,231 homes for sale, up 6.7% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Davenport - IA is $1,009, up 5.0% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 16.2x, toss-up (#118 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $1,089 a month in principal and interest, $80 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 6.64% rate.

What's not on this page

This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

Data: Zillow Research (ZHVI and market indicators), refreshed monthly at the source. This page was rebuilt October 2026. Methodology →

Related

Other metros in IL

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
Chicago - IL$357,265 +4.9% 12.0d
Peoria - IL$174,841 +6.7% 8.0d
Rockford - IL$224,246 +8.7% 6.0d
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