U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 five-year estimates

Iowa counties: highest renter cost burden | ACS 2024

Rank 99 Iowa counties by available renter cost burden (30%+) estimates, highest to lowest; ACS 2024 five-year data.

Ranked observations

0 counties excluded for unavailable renter cost burden (30%+); ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.

Highest renter cost burden in Iowa
RankCountyGEOIDRenter cost burden (30%+)
1Johnson County1910354.0%
2Montgomery County1913747.3%
3Story County1916946.7%
4Cass County1902946.6%
5Black Hawk County1901346.5%
6Osceola County1914346.0%
7Cedar County1903145.0%
8Des Moines County1905744.5%
9Polk County1915344.3%
10Audubon County1900944.1%
11Wapello County1917943.8%
12Jasper County1909943.5%
13Scott County1916343.2%
14Lee County1911142.7%
15Linn County1911342.6%
16Clinton County1904542.5%
17Delaware County1905542.2%
18Dubuque County1906142.2%
19Cherokee County1903542.1%
20Jefferson County1910142.0%
21Muscatine County1913941.7%
22Shelby County1916541.1%
23Clarke County1903940.6%
24Pottawattamie County1915540.6%
25Woodbury County1919340.4%
26Jackson County1909740.3%
27Appanoose County1900739.7%
28Clayton County1904339.7%
29Warren County1918139.2%
30Monroe County1913538.9%
31Palo Alto County1914738.3%
32Floyd County1906738.2%
33Page County1914537.4%
34Poweshiek County1915736.8%
35Webster County1918736.8%
36Marion County1912536.4%
37Pocahontas County1915136.2%
38Dickinson County1905936.0%
39Guthrie County1907736.0%
40Fayette County1906535.6%
41Ringgold County1915935.5%
42Hardin County1908335.3%
43Dallas County1904935.1%
44Boone County1901535.0%
45Wright County1919734.8%
46Henry County1908734.2%
47Clay County1904133.8%
48Mills County1912933.8%
49Madison County1912133.7%
50Monona County1913333.6%
51Buchanan County1901933.3%
52Emmet County1906333.3%
53Union County1917532.7%
54Carroll County1902732.4%
55Winneshiek County1919132.4%
56Winnebago County1918932.2%
57Keokuk County1910731.9%
58Hancock County1908131.5%
59Cerro Gordo County1903331.4%
60Bremer County1901731.0%
61Calhoun County1902531.0%
62Crawford County1904731.0%
63Humboldt County1909130.3%
64Jones County1910530.2%
65Allamakee County1900530.1%
66Marshall County1912729.8%
67Butler County1902329.5%
68Adams County1900329.3%
69Mitchell County1913129.2%
70Benton County1901129.1%
71Washington County1918328.9%
72Van Buren County1917728.8%
73Franklin County1906928.6%
74Harrison County1908528.5%
75Buena Vista County1902128.3%
76Plymouth County1914928.1%
77Greene County1907327.8%
78Tama County1917127.7%
79Mahaska County1912327.5%
80Sac County1916127.3%
81Wayne County1918527.3%
82O'Brien County1914127.2%
83Decatur County1905326.5%
84Kossuth County1910926.5%
85Sioux County1916726.3%
86Louisa County1911525.5%
87Adair County1900125.4%
88Hamilton County1907925.3%
89Iowa County1909525.3%
90Grundy County1907524.8%
91Howard County1908923.8%
92Chickasaw County1903723.5%
93Taylor County1917323.5%
94Lyon County1911921.9%
95Fremont County1907121.2%
96Davis County1905120.7%
97Ida County1909320.6%
98Worth County1919518.4%
99Lucas County1911716.4%

Method and provenance

ACS 2024 five-year survey estimates (2020–2024), not current prices. Direct estimates may have 90% margins of error shown where available. The home-value-to-income ratio and renter cost-burden rate are derived; no MOE is calculated for either. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, not zero. County rankings are descriptive, not an affordability or suitability recommendation.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates. Validated Iowa bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums. Iowa county map and full table.