George, Iowa.
Typical home $199,299 (+11.7% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$635 (+155%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $20,910 +12%
- $178,389$199,299 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $60,427 +44%
- $138,872$199,299 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- George$1,046
- Iowa$1,242
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in George, IA rose 11.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in George, Lyon County, Iowa
George is a city of 1,077 people in Lyon County. Half its households earn more than $57,941 a year and half less, against $76,746 across Lyon County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 78% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 22% are rented. Unemployment in Lyon County was 2.2% in August 2026, and the county had 3.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. George is a small city in Lyon County, Iowa, and most of its homes are lived in by their owners, more than you would find in many towns. Household incomes run below the county's, and a typical home is valued at about what Zillow estimates. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and the town gets a good deal of snow, while July brings warm summer days.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, and in shops. Across Lyon County, larger workplaces include Sudenga Industries, which makes feed processing equipment, and Dutchland Foods, a maker of frozen pastries. Unemployment in the county is low and has eased slightly from a year ago, and the county has added jobs over the past year.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Blue Mounds State Park is a protected area, and the Rock River and Indian Lake are also on the list of nearby places; each is a longer drive away. The Hinkly House Museum, also a longer drive away, is a place to learn some local history.
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- 458households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lyon County had 4,951 jobs in 2025, 3.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 25° and lows near 6°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 62°. About 35 inches of snow and 29 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Rock Rapids weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lyon County
- Sudenga IndustriesFeed processing equipment, farm-type, manufacturing205
- West Lyon Comm School DistrictSchool district122FTE
- Central Lyon Comm School DistrictSchool district117FTE
- Dutchland FoodsManufacturer of frozen pastries96
- George-Little Rock Comm School DistrictSchool district65FTE
- Good Samaritan Society - GeorgeSkilled nursing facilities50
- Care Initiatives48
- Avera Merrill Pioneer HospitalCritical access hospital42FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 567 people in all across the county; George has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HailVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- DroughtRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in George’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Lyon County.
George home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- George$199,299
- Iowa$236,623
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- George13
Zip codes with a George address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls George — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.