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Highest median rent, Iowa counties · 2020

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$1,064+101%

02Johnson County, IAIA160,044$984+74%

03Polk County, IAIA516,546$938+63%

04Story County, IAIA101,291$921+60%

05Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996$850+58%

06Mills County, IAIA14,793$837+80%

07Dickinson County, IAIA18,077$833+100%

08Warren County, IAIA57,331$833+69%

09Muscatine County, IAIA41,853$829+80%

10Madison County, IAIA17,270$827+86%

11Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532$818+73%

12Scott County, IAIA175,259$812+64%

13Des Moines County, IAIA38,077$808+84%

14Dubuque County, IAIA99,381$802+85%

15Woodbury County, IAIA106,649$802+62%

16Washington County, IAIA22,667$784+85%

17Linn County, IAIA232,028$778+53%

18Wapello County, IAIA35,210$767+83%

19Hamilton County, IAIA14,944$762+81%

20Jefferson County, IAIA15,291$756+77%

21Hancock County, IAIA10,528$755+114%

22Boone County, IAIA26,799$747+69%

23Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368$734+70%

24Jasper County, IAIA38,153$734+64%

25Harrison County, IAIA14,623$729+74%

26Tama County, IAIA16,796$729+74%

27Marshall County, IAIA39,890$725+58%

28Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733$723+86%

29Davis County, IAIA9,230$722+105%

30Marion County, IAIA34,192$721+53%

31Lyon County, IAIA12,354$714+104%

32Plymouth County, IAIA25,697$714+72%

33Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372$711+76%

34Keokuk County, IAIA9,797$711+91%

35Lee County, IAIA32,306$711+79%

36Kossuth County, IAIA14,322$710+105%

37Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449$706+69%

38Guthrie County, IAIA10,782$704+81%

39Shelby County, IAIA11,689$701+76%

40Cedar County, IAIA18,359$700+59%

41Grundy County, IAIA12,361$698+86%

42Benton County, IAIA26,004$695+81%

43Greene County, IAIA8,658$693+103%

44Clay County, IAIA16,202$693+83%

45Hardin County, IAIA16,455$693+72%

46Sioux County, IAIA36,774$693+80%

47Buchanan County, IAIA20,883$691+84%

48Adams County, IAIA3,617$679+104%

49Bremer County, IAIA25,296$677+69%

50Mahaska County, IAIA21,880$673+60%

51Osceola County, IAIA5,980$672+80%

52Webster County, IAIA36,838$667+63%

53Henry County, IAIA19,349$665+55%

54Page County, IAIA14,856$663+63%

55Appanoose County, IAIA12,077$661+91%

56Howard County, IAIA9,415$660+98%

57Clinton County, IAIA46,002$659+65%

58Jones County, IAIA21,253$659+58%

59Lucas County, IAIA8,847$659+102%

60Clayton County, IAIA16,845$656+86%

61Montgomery County, IAIA10,002$656+82%

62Franklin County, IAIA9,868$647+73%

63Louisa County, IAIA10,416$647+54%

64Fayette County, IAIA19,047$645+79%

65Wright County, IAIA12,801$644+84%

66Crawford County, IAIA16,237$643+78%

67Fremont County, IAIA6,522$640+64%

68Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663$638+96%

69Emmet County, IAIA9,107$637+98%

70Ringgold County, IAIA4,642$636+73%

71Monona County, IAIA8,539$635+65%

72Cass County, IAIA12,960$633+77%

73Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819$630+100%

74Allamakee County, IAIA14,238$629+81%

75Butler County, IAIA14,049$628+79%

76Delaware County, IAIA17,674$621+68%

77Winnebago County, IAIA10,251$617+81%

78Jackson County, IAIA19,288$616+60%

79Iowa County, IAIA16,504$615+49%

80Union County, IAIA11,829$610+77%

81Mitchell County, IAIA10,650$610+83%

82Carroll County, IAIA20,303$610+51%

83Audubon County, IAIA5,509$606+73%

84Sac County, IAIA9,525$606+84%

85Clarke County, IAIA9,574$601+34%

86Monroe County, IAIA7,406$598+50%

87Calhoun County, IAIA9,562$591+88%

88Humboldt County, IAIA9,409$586+62%

89Worth County, IAIA7,338$586+64%

90Taylor County, IAIA5,835$581+65%

91O'Brien County, IAIA14,220$576+54%

92Adair County, IAIA7,403$575+54%

93Van Buren County, IAIA7,131$571+71%

94Decatur County, IAIA7,655$568+67%

95Ida County, IAIA6,777$562+66%

96Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899$545+62%

97Wayne County, IAIA6,738$543+79%

98Floyd County, IAIA14,901$537+50%

99Cherokee County, IAIA11,369$536+52%

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