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Highest median rent, Iowa counties · 2000

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

01Story County, IAIA101,291$575+0%

02Polk County, IAIA516,546$574+0%

03Johnson County, IAIA160,044$564+0%

04Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996$537+0%

05Dallas County, IAIA118,457$529+0%

06Linn County, IAIA232,028$510+0%

07Scott County, IAIA175,259$496+0%

08Warren County, IAIA57,331$494+0%

09Woodbury County, IAIA106,649$494+0%

10Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532$472+0%

11Marion County, IAIA34,192$472+0%

12Mills County, IAIA14,793$465+0%

13Muscatine County, IAIA41,853$460+0%

14Marshall County, IAIA39,890$458+0%

15Clarke County, IAIA9,574$449+0%

16Jasper County, IAIA38,153$448+0%

17Madison County, IAIA17,270$445+0%

18Boone County, IAIA26,799$443+0%

19Cedar County, IAIA18,359$441+0%

20Des Moines County, IAIA38,077$439+0%

21Dubuque County, IAIA99,381$434+0%

22Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368$432+0%

23Henry County, IAIA19,349$428+0%

24Jefferson County, IAIA15,291$426+0%

25Washington County, IAIA22,667$424+0%

26Hamilton County, IAIA14,944$422+0%

27Mahaska County, IAIA21,880$420+0%

28Louisa County, IAIA10,416$419+0%

29Wapello County, IAIA35,210$419+0%

30Harrison County, IAIA14,623$418+0%

31Tama County, IAIA16,796$418+0%

32Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449$417+0%

33Dickinson County, IAIA18,077$416+0%

34Jones County, IAIA21,253$416+0%

35Plymouth County, IAIA25,697$416+0%

36Iowa County, IAIA16,504$412+0%

37Webster County, IAIA36,838$408+0%

38Page County, IAIA14,856$407+0%

39Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372$404+0%

40Carroll County, IAIA20,303$403+0%

41Hardin County, IAIA16,455$403+0%

42Bremer County, IAIA25,296$400+0%

43Clinton County, IAIA46,002$399+0%

44Monroe County, IAIA7,406$399+0%

45Shelby County, IAIA11,689$399+0%

46Lee County, IAIA32,306$398+0%

47Fremont County, IAIA6,522$391+0%

48Guthrie County, IAIA10,782$389+0%

49Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733$389+0%

50Jackson County, IAIA19,288$386+0%

51Benton County, IAIA26,004$385+0%

52Sioux County, IAIA36,774$385+0%

53Monona County, IAIA8,539$384+0%

54Clay County, IAIA16,202$379+0%

55Buchanan County, IAIA20,883$376+0%

56Grundy County, IAIA12,361$376+0%

57Franklin County, IAIA9,868$374+0%

58Osceola County, IAIA5,980$374+0%

59Adair County, IAIA7,403$373+0%

60O'Brien County, IAIA14,220$373+0%

61Keokuk County, IAIA9,797$372+0%

62Delaware County, IAIA17,674$370+0%

63Ringgold County, IAIA4,642$368+0%

64Crawford County, IAIA16,237$362+0%

65Humboldt County, IAIA9,409$362+0%

66Montgomery County, IAIA10,002$361+0%

67Fayette County, IAIA19,047$360+0%

68Cass County, IAIA12,960$357+0%

69Floyd County, IAIA14,901$357+0%

70Worth County, IAIA7,338$357+0%

71Cherokee County, IAIA11,369$353+0%

72Clayton County, IAIA16,845$353+0%

73Hancock County, IAIA10,528$353+0%

74Taylor County, IAIA5,835$352+0%

75Davis County, IAIA9,230$352+0%

76Audubon County, IAIA5,509$351+0%

77Butler County, IAIA14,049$351+0%

78Lyon County, IAIA12,354$350+0%

79Wright County, IAIA12,801$350+0%

80Allamakee County, IAIA14,238$348+0%

81Kossuth County, IAIA14,322$347+0%

82Appanoose County, IAIA12,077$346+0%

83Union County, IAIA11,829$344+0%

84Greene County, IAIA8,658$342+0%

85Winnebago County, IAIA10,251$341+0%

86Decatur County, IAIA7,655$340+0%

87Ida County, IAIA6,777$338+0%

88Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899$337+0%

89Mitchell County, IAIA10,650$334+0%

90Van Buren County, IAIA7,131$334+0%

91Adams County, IAIA3,617$333+0%

92Howard County, IAIA9,415$333+0%

93Sac County, IAIA9,525$329+0%

94Lucas County, IAIA8,847$326+0%

95Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663$325+0%

96Emmet County, IAIA9,107$322+0%

97Calhoun County, IAIA9,562$315+0%

98Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819$315+0%

99Wayne County, IAIA6,738$303+0%

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