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Highest median rent, Iowa counties

Iowa counties ranked by median gross rent (2023 ACS). This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

01Dallas County, IAIA118,457$1,311+148%

02Polk County, IAIA516,546$1,149+100%

03Johnson County, IAIA160,044$1,122+99%

04Madison County, IAIA17,270$1,036+133%

05Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996$1,018+90%

06Story County, IAIA101,291$1,018+77%

07Scott County, IAIA175,259$1,005+103%

08Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532$989+110%

09Woodbury County, IAIA106,649$981+99%

10Warren County, IAIA57,331$973+97%

11Muscatine County, IAIA41,853$971+111%

12Dubuque County, IAIA99,381$959+121%

13Mills County, IAIA14,793$959+106%

14Linn County, IAIA232,028$945+85%

15Clarke County, IAIA9,574$931+107%

16Dickinson County, IAIA18,077$922+122%

17Bremer County, IAIA25,296$921+130%

18Wapello County, IAIA35,210$920+120%

19Plymouth County, IAIA25,697$910+119%

20Sioux County, IAIA36,774$908+136%

21Des Moines County, IAIA38,077$904+106%

22Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449$894+114%

23Adams County, IAIA3,617$893+168%

24Marshall County, IAIA39,890$885+93%

25Marion County, IAIA34,192$884+87%

26Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368$883+104%

27Jefferson County, IAIA15,291$883+107%

28Fayette County, IAIA19,047$881+145%

29Cedar County, IAIA18,359$879+99%

30Washington County, IAIA22,667$879+107%

31Hamilton County, IAIA14,944$877+108%

32Tama County, IAIA16,796$872+109%

33Davis County, IAIA9,230$868+147%

34O'Brien County, IAIA14,220$868+133%

35Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733$861+121%

36Kossuth County, IAIA14,322$859+148%

37Monona County, IAIA8,539$855+123%

38Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372$850+110%

39Clinton County, IAIA46,002$850+113%

40Harrison County, IAIA14,623$849+103%

41Buchanan County, IAIA20,883$848+126%

42Boone County, IAIA26,799$845+91%

43Guthrie County, IAIA10,782$845+117%

44Lyon County, IAIA12,354$843+141%

45Jasper County, IAIA38,153$836+87%

46Lee County, IAIA32,306$835+110%

47Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819$832+164%

48Keokuk County, IAIA9,797$828+123%

49Benton County, IAIA26,004$826+115%

50Henry County, IAIA19,349$820+92%

51Montgomery County, IAIA10,002$814+125%

52Butler County, IAIA14,049$812+131%

53Clay County, IAIA16,202$811+114%

54Jackson County, IAIA19,288$807+109%

55Adair County, IAIA7,403$799+114%

56Monroe County, IAIA7,406$798+100%

57Osceola County, IAIA5,980$797+113%

58Allamakee County, IAIA14,238$796+129%

59Hardin County, IAIA16,455$795+97%

60Mahaska County, IAIA21,880$793+89%

61Clayton County, IAIA16,845$790+124%

62Wright County, IAIA12,801$790+126%

63Webster County, IAIA36,838$785+92%

64Appanoose County, IAIA12,077$784+127%

65Jones County, IAIA21,253$784+88%

66Shelby County, IAIA11,689$783+96%

67Greene County, IAIA8,658$781+128%

68Cass County, IAIA12,960$777+118%

69Louisa County, IAIA10,416$775+85%

70Grundy County, IAIA12,361$774+106%

71Taylor County, IAIA5,835$765+117%

72Delaware County, IAIA17,674$764+106%

73Audubon County, IAIA5,509$759+116%

74Cherokee County, IAIA11,369$758+115%

75Worth County, IAIA7,338$758+112%

76Fremont County, IAIA6,522$746+91%

77Floyd County, IAIA14,901$745+109%

78Humboldt County, IAIA9,409$744+106%

79Crawford County, IAIA16,237$743+105%

80Mitchell County, IAIA10,650$738+121%

81Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663$738+127%

82Hancock County, IAIA10,528$736+108%

83Emmet County, IAIA9,107$733+128%

84Carroll County, IAIA20,303$731+81%

85Calhoun County, IAIA9,562$723+130%

86Sac County, IAIA9,525$722+119%

87Union County, IAIA11,829$721+110%

88Winnebago County, IAIA10,251$717+110%

89Howard County, IAIA9,415$713+114%

90Ringgold County, IAIA4,642$710+93%

91Lucas County, IAIA8,847$709+117%

92Page County, IAIA14,856$705+73%

93Franklin County, IAIA9,868$696+86%

94Ida County, IAIA6,777$696+106%

95Iowa County, IAIA16,504$686+67%

96Wayne County, IAIA6,738$659+117%

97Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899$638+89%

98Van Buren County, IAIA7,131$622+86%

99Decatur County, IAIA7,655$611+80%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES