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

Iowa counties: highest median gross rents | ACS 2024

Rank 99 Iowa counties by available median gross rent estimates, highest to lowest; ACS 2024 five-year data.

Ranked observations

0 counties excluded for unavailable median gross rent; ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.

Highest median gross rents in Iowa
RankCountyGEOIDMedian gross rent
1Dallas County19049$1,311 (±$42 ACS 90% MOE)
2Polk County19153$1,149 (±$16 ACS 90% MOE)
3Johnson County19103$1,122 (±$24 ACS 90% MOE)
4Madison County19121$1,036 (±$149 ACS 90% MOE)
5Pottawattamie County19155$1,018 (±$33 ACS 90% MOE)
6Story County19169$1,018 (±$35 ACS 90% MOE)
7Scott County19163$1,005 (±$32 ACS 90% MOE)
8Black Hawk County19013$989 (±$20 ACS 90% MOE)
9Woodbury County19193$981 (±$26 ACS 90% MOE)
10Warren County19181$973 (±$57 ACS 90% MOE)
11Muscatine County19139$971 (±$39 ACS 90% MOE)
12Dubuque County19061$959 (±$26 ACS 90% MOE)
13Mills County19129$959 (±$96 ACS 90% MOE)
14Linn County19113$945 (±$39 ACS 90% MOE)
15Clarke County19039$931 (±$89 ACS 90% MOE)
16Dickinson County19059$922 (±$31 ACS 90% MOE)
17Bremer County19017$921 (±$78 ACS 90% MOE)
18Wapello County19179$920 (±$48 ACS 90% MOE)
19Plymouth County19149$910 (±$59 ACS 90% MOE)
20Sioux County19167$908 (±$64 ACS 90% MOE)
21Des Moines County19057$904 (±$71 ACS 90% MOE)
22Buena Vista County19021$894 (±$53 ACS 90% MOE)
23Adams County19003$893 (±$190 ACS 90% MOE)
24Marshall County19127$885 (±$55 ACS 90% MOE)
25Marion County19125$884 (±$35 ACS 90% MOE)
26Jefferson County19101$883 (±$67 ACS 90% MOE)
27Poweshiek County19157$883 (±$40 ACS 90% MOE)
28Fayette County19065$881 (±$71 ACS 90% MOE)
29Cedar County19031$879 (±$33 ACS 90% MOE)
30Washington County19183$879 (±$63 ACS 90% MOE)
31Hamilton County19079$877 (±$51 ACS 90% MOE)
32Tama County19171$872 (±$39 ACS 90% MOE)
33Davis County19051$868 (±$94 ACS 90% MOE)
34O'Brien County19141$868 (±$94 ACS 90% MOE)
35Winneshiek County19191$861 (±$70 ACS 90% MOE)
36Kossuth County19109$859 (±$26 ACS 90% MOE)
37Monona County19133$855 (±$72 ACS 90% MOE)
38Cerro Gordo County19033$850 (±$42 ACS 90% MOE)
39Clinton County19045$850 (±$61 ACS 90% MOE)
40Harrison County19085$849 (±$34 ACS 90% MOE)
41Buchanan County19019$848 (±$68 ACS 90% MOE)
42Boone County19015$845 (±$61 ACS 90% MOE)
43Guthrie County19077$845 (±$55 ACS 90% MOE)
44Lyon County19119$843 (±$21 ACS 90% MOE)
45Jasper County19099$836 (±$34 ACS 90% MOE)
46Lee County19111$835 (±$40 ACS 90% MOE)
47Pocahontas County19151$832 (±$31 ACS 90% MOE)
48Keokuk County19107$828 (±$62 ACS 90% MOE)
49Benton County19011$826 (±$142 ACS 90% MOE)
50Henry County19087$820 (±$49 ACS 90% MOE)
51Montgomery County19137$814 (±$53 ACS 90% MOE)
52Butler County19023$812 (±$73 ACS 90% MOE)
53Clay County19041$811 (±$77 ACS 90% MOE)
54Jackson County19097$807 (±$51 ACS 90% MOE)
55Adair County19001$799 (±$83 ACS 90% MOE)
56Monroe County19135$798 (±$171 ACS 90% MOE)
57Osceola County19143$797 (±$155 ACS 90% MOE)
58Allamakee County19005$796 (±$116 ACS 90% MOE)
59Hardin County19083$795 (±$42 ACS 90% MOE)
60Mahaska County19123$793 (±$80 ACS 90% MOE)
61Clayton County19043$790 (±$34 ACS 90% MOE)
62Wright County19197$790 (±$46 ACS 90% MOE)
63Webster County19187$785 (±$36 ACS 90% MOE)
64Appanoose County19007$784 (±$55 ACS 90% MOE)
65Jones County19105$784 (±$37 ACS 90% MOE)
66Shelby County19165$783 (±$63 ACS 90% MOE)
67Greene County19073$781 (±$68 ACS 90% MOE)
68Cass County19029$777 (±$64 ACS 90% MOE)
69Louisa County19115$775 (±$91 ACS 90% MOE)
70Grundy County19075$774 (±$53 ACS 90% MOE)
71Taylor County19173$765 (±$86 ACS 90% MOE)
72Delaware County19055$764 (±$86 ACS 90% MOE)
73Audubon County19009$759 (±$90 ACS 90% MOE)
74Cherokee County19035$758 (±$90 ACS 90% MOE)
75Worth County19195$758 (±$62 ACS 90% MOE)
76Fremont County19071$746 (±$56 ACS 90% MOE)
77Floyd County19067$745 (±$56 ACS 90% MOE)
78Humboldt County19091$744 (±$60 ACS 90% MOE)
79Crawford County19047$743 (±$63 ACS 90% MOE)
80Chickasaw County19037$738 (±$60 ACS 90% MOE)
81Mitchell County19131$738 (±$66 ACS 90% MOE)
82Hancock County19081$736 (±$26 ACS 90% MOE)
83Emmet County19063$733 (±$62 ACS 90% MOE)
84Carroll County19027$731 (±$18 ACS 90% MOE)
85Calhoun County19025$723 (±$26 ACS 90% MOE)
86Sac County19161$722 (±$73 ACS 90% MOE)
87Union County19175$721 (±$66 ACS 90% MOE)
88Winnebago County19189$717 (±$24 ACS 90% MOE)
89Howard County19089$713 (±$28 ACS 90% MOE)
90Ringgold County19159$710 (±$62 ACS 90% MOE)
91Lucas County19117$709 (±$130 ACS 90% MOE)
92Page County19145$705 (±$68 ACS 90% MOE)
93Franklin County19069$696 (±$106 ACS 90% MOE)
94Ida County19093$696 (±$60 ACS 90% MOE)
95Iowa County19095$686 (±$42 ACS 90% MOE)
96Wayne County19185$659 (±$71 ACS 90% MOE)
97Palo Alto County19147$638 (±$41 ACS 90% MOE)
98Van Buren County19177$622 (±$183 ACS 90% MOE)
99Decatur County19053$611 (±$76 ACS 90% MOE)

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.