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

Iowa counties: lowest renter cost burden | ACS 2024

Rank 99 Iowa counties by available renter cost burden (30%+) estimates, lowest to highest; 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.

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

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.