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

Iowa counties: lowest median gross rents | ACS 2024

Rank 99 Iowa counties by available median gross rent estimates, lowest to highest; 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.

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