ParcelioPottawattamie County, Iowa: parcel data and property records
52,858 Pottawattamie County parcels on one searchable map: owner of record and mailing address, assessed and appraised values and recorded sales, plus lot boundaries and location. Screen by absentee ownership, acreage and owner tenure.
What the data covers
These bars show real field-by-field coverage for Pottawattamie County in our database, so you know exactly what you are getting before you search. Numbers refresh as the county publishes new records.
Not held for Pottawattamie County: year built and vacancy. Those fields are carried where the county publishes them.
Most recent recorded sale on file: 2026-09-30.
Areas covered
Parcel counts by place, largest first: Council Bluffs (23,720), Carter Lake (1,492), Avoca (962), Oakland (848), Walnut (536).
Recent sales
1,037 Pottawattamie County parcels have a recorded sale dated since November 2025. Across 991 priced sales, with a deed recorded on several parcels counted once, the median price was $220,000 and the middle half sold between $154,000 and $299,000.
Land use mix
The most common land use or property class on file, as the county writes it, by share of parcels with one: Residential 64%, Agricultural 29%, Commercial 6%, Multiresidential 1%.
Nearest counties
- Mills County: about 21 mi away, 17,295 parcels
- Harrison County: about 27 mi away, 24,562 parcels
- Shelby County: about 28 mi away, 17,274 parcels
- Montgomery County: about 31 mi away, 14,279 parcels
- Cass County: about 34 mi away, 16,648 parcels
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Common questions
How many parcels are in Pottawattamie County, Iowa?
Parcelio carries 52,858 parcel records for Pottawattamie County, Iowa, with owner information on 99 percent of them.
Can I find out who owns a property in Pottawattamie County?
Yes. Search by owner name, address, or parcel number to pull the record: owner of record and mailing address, assessed values, recorded sales and lot lines on the map. Sale records here currently run through 2026-09-30.
How do I find vacant land or absentee owners in Pottawattamie County?
We do not hold vacancy data for Pottawattamie County yet, so this filter has nothing to match there. Vacancy filters work in the counties where we hold the field. Pottawattamie County does have owner mailing state: 902 parcels have an owner mailing address outside Iowa.
Can I search Pottawattamie County by lot size or acreage?
Yes. Acreage is on 99 percent of Pottawattamie County parcels, mapped from the parcel boundary, and the advanced search filters on it directly - set a minimum and maximum to pull every tract in that range, then stack vacancy or absentee ownership on top.