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Highest median rent, Iowa counties · 2010

Iowa counties ranked by median gross rent (2010 ACS). This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 99 is $521.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

01Johnson County, IAIA160,044$735+30%

02Polk County, IAIA516,546$714+24%

03Story County, IAIA101,291$703+22%

04Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996$689+28%

05Dallas County, IAIA118,457$688+30%

06Mills County, IAIA14,793$677+46%

07Warren County, IAIA57,331$673+36%

08Scott County, IAIA175,259$636+28%

09Marion County, IAIA34,192$625+32%

10Washington County, IAIA22,667$624+47%

11Linn County, IAIA232,028$620+22%

12Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532$617+31%

13Jones County, IAIA21,253$607+46%

14Madison County, IAIA17,270$606+36%

15Muscatine County, IAIA41,853$606+32%

16Cedar County, IAIA18,359$605+37%

17Woodbury County, IAIA106,649$601+22%

18Jefferson County, IAIA15,291$592+39%

19Jasper County, IAIA38,153$586+31%

20Bremer County, IAIA25,296$584+46%

21Dubuque County, IAIA99,381$584+35%

22Louisa County, IAIA10,416$583+39%

23Shelby County, IAIA11,689$582+46%

24Des Moines County, IAIA38,077$578+32%

25Emmet County, IAIA9,107$575+79%

26Boone County, IAIA26,799$572+29%

27Hamilton County, IAIA14,944$572+36%

28Henry County, IAIA19,349$569+33%

29Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372$565+40%

30Wapello County, IAIA35,210$565+35%

31Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368$561+30%

32Iowa County, IAIA16,504$561+36%

33Tama County, IAIA16,796$559+34%

34Union County, IAIA11,829$555+61%

35Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449$555+33%

36Marshall County, IAIA39,890$552+21%

37Buchanan County, IAIA20,883$550+46%

38Sioux County, IAIA36,774$542+41%

39Harrison County, IAIA14,623$539+29%

40Butler County, IAIA14,049$537+53%

41Clinton County, IAIA46,002$535+34%

42Dickinson County, IAIA18,077$535+29%

43Humboldt County, IAIA9,409$535+48%

44Osceola County, IAIA5,980$535+43%

45Montgomery County, IAIA10,002$534+48%

46Benton County, IAIA26,004$527+37%

47Greene County, IAIA8,658$526+54%

48Plymouth County, IAIA25,697$526+26%

49Webster County, IAIA36,838$523+28%

50Mahaska County, IAIA21,880$521+24%

51Cass County, IAIA12,960$520+46%

52Lyon County, IAIA12,354$518+48%

53Howard County, IAIA9,415$517+55%

54Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733$517+33%

55Appanoose County, IAIA12,077$516+49%

56Worth County, IAIA7,338$516+45%

57O'Brien County, IAIA14,220$515+38%

58Adair County, IAIA7,403$513+38%

59Grundy County, IAIA12,361$513+36%

60Hardin County, IAIA16,455$513+27%

61Keokuk County, IAIA9,797$508+37%

62Decatur County, IAIA7,655$507+49%

63Lee County, IAIA32,306$507+27%

64Monroe County, IAIA7,406$503+26%

65Jackson County, IAIA19,288$502+30%

66Hancock County, IAIA10,528$500+42%

67Ringgold County, IAIA4,642$500+36%

68Sac County, IAIA9,525$499+52%

69Fremont County, IAIA6,522$497+27%

70Page County, IAIA14,856$486+19%

71Allamakee County, IAIA14,238$484+39%

72Davis County, IAIA9,230$483+37%

73Clay County, IAIA16,202$482+27%

74Van Buren County, IAIA7,131$482+44%

75Delaware County, IAIA17,674$481+30%

76Fayette County, IAIA19,047$481+34%

77Franklin County, IAIA9,868$479+28%

78Guthrie County, IAIA10,782$476+22%

79Crawford County, IAIA16,237$472+30%

80Cherokee County, IAIA11,369$471+33%

81Calhoun County, IAIA9,562$470+49%

82Clarke County, IAIA9,574$468+4%

83Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663$468+44%

84Monona County, IAIA8,539$468+22%

85Carroll County, IAIA20,303$465+15%

86Clayton County, IAIA16,845$465+32%

87Mitchell County, IAIA10,650$461+38%

88Winnebago County, IAIA10,251$457+34%

89Wright County, IAIA12,801$457+31%

90Lucas County, IAIA8,847$456+40%

91Audubon County, IAIA5,509$445+27%

92Taylor County, IAIA5,835$437+24%

93Kossuth County, IAIA14,322$435+25%

94Wayne County, IAIA6,738$432+43%

95Floyd County, IAIA14,901$425+19%

96Ida County, IAIA6,777$419+24%

97Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819$417+32%

98Adams County, IAIA3,617$401+20%

99Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899$388+15%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS