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Highest median rent, Iowa counties · 1990

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

01Polk County, IAIA516,546$437−24%

02Johnson County, IAIA160,044$412−27%

03Story County, IAIA101,291$392−32%

04Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996$371−31%

05Linn County, IAIA232,028$369−28%

06Scott County, IAIA175,259$361−27%

07Warren County, IAIA57,331$348−30%

08Muscatine County, IAIA41,853$343−25%

09Jefferson County, IAIA15,291$339−20%

10Dallas County, IAIA118,457$336−36%

11Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532$326−31%

12Woodbury County, IAIA106,649$325−34%

13Marion County, IAIA34,192$323−32%

14Des Moines County, IAIA38,077$321−27%

15Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372$321−21%

16Marshall County, IAIA39,890$321−30%

17Mills County, IAIA14,793$319−31%

18Cedar County, IAIA18,359$316−28%

19Dubuque County, IAIA99,381$315−27%

20Henry County, IAIA19,349$308−28%

21Clinton County, IAIA46,002$306−23%

22Jasper County, IAIA38,153$305−32%

23Louisa County, IAIA10,416$304−27%

24Tama County, IAIA16,796$304−27%

25Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368$303−30%

26Boone County, IAIA26,799$301−32%

27Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449$298−29%

28Plymouth County, IAIA25,697$298−28%

29Washington County, IAIA22,667$297−30%

30Webster County, IAIA36,838$296−27%

31Hamilton County, IAIA14,944$295−30%

32Iowa County, IAIA16,504$295−28%

33Madison County, IAIA17,270$294−34%

34Lee County, IAIA32,306$293−26%

35Dickinson County, IAIA18,077$292−30%

36Union County, IAIA11,829$291−15%

37Hancock County, IAIA10,528$291−18%

38Guthrie County, IAIA10,782$289−26%

39Mahaska County, IAIA21,880$289−31%

40Bremer County, IAIA25,296$288−28%

41Hardin County, IAIA16,455$287−29%

42Clarke County, IAIA9,574$286−36%

43Carroll County, IAIA20,303$283−30%

44Delaware County, IAIA17,674$283−24%

45Wright County, IAIA12,801$282−19%

46Benton County, IAIA26,004$281−27%

47Franklin County, IAIA9,868$280−25%

48Butler County, IAIA14,049$279−21%

49Jones County, IAIA21,253$278−33%

50Harrison County, IAIA14,623$277−34%

51Wapello County, IAIA35,210$276−34%

52Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733$276−29%

53Davis County, IAIA9,230$275−22%

54Cass County, IAIA12,960$273−24%

55Crawford County, IAIA16,237$272−25%

56Jackson County, IAIA19,288$272−30%

57Monroe County, IAIA7,406$272−32%

58Buchanan County, IAIA20,883$271−28%

59Grundy County, IAIA12,361$271−28%

60Winnebago County, IAIA10,251$271−21%

61Humboldt County, IAIA9,409$270−25%

62Ida County, IAIA6,777$268−21%

63Sioux County, IAIA36,774$268−30%

64Greene County, IAIA8,658$265−23%

65Clay County, IAIA16,202$265−30%

66Floyd County, IAIA14,901$265−26%

67Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663$262−19%

68Fremont County, IAIA6,522$262−33%

69Osceola County, IAIA5,980$262−30%

70Ringgold County, IAIA4,642$262−29%

71Shelby County, IAIA11,689$261−35%

72Kossuth County, IAIA14,322$260−25%

73Lucas County, IAIA8,847$258−21%

74Calhoun County, IAIA9,562$255−19%

75Appanoose County, IAIA12,077$254−27%

76Audubon County, IAIA5,509$254−28%

77Montgomery County, IAIA10,002$254−30%

78Worth County, IAIA7,338$254−29%

79Page County, IAIA14,856$253−38%

80Lyon County, IAIA12,354$252−28%

81Fayette County, IAIA19,047$250−31%

82Keokuk County, IAIA9,797$250−33%

83Sac County, IAIA9,525$250−24%

84O'Brien County, IAIA14,220$249−33%

85Cherokee County, IAIA11,369$247−30%

86Emmet County, IAIA9,107$247−23%

87Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819$246−22%

88Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899$245−27%

89Allamakee County, IAIA14,238$243−30%

90Monona County, IAIA8,539$243−37%

91Clayton County, IAIA16,845$241−32%

92Adair County, IAIA7,403$240−36%

93Van Buren County, IAIA7,131$240−28%

94Adams County, IAIA3,617$239−28%

95Taylor County, IAIA5,835$235−33%

96Howard County, IAIA9,415$233−30%

97Wayne County, IAIA6,738$233−23%

98Mitchell County, IAIA10,650$232−31%

99Decatur County, IAIA7,655$220−35%

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