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Highest housing vacancy, Iowa counties

Iowa counties ranked by the share of housing units that are vacant (2024 ACS). This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPHOUSING VACANCY RATEVS 2010

01Dickinson County, IAIA18,07737.7%+4%

02Ringgold County, IAIA4,64229.1%+31%

03Allamakee County, IAIA14,23823.3%−1%

04Guthrie County, IAIA10,78220.8%+11%

05Adams County, IAIA3,61718.5%+62%

06Pocahontas County, IAIA6,81917.8%+29%

07Appanoose County, IAIA12,07717.6%+7%

08Van Buren County, IAIA7,13117.0%+8%

09Calhoun County, IAIA9,56216.8%+45%

10Palo Alto County, IAIA8,89916.6%+16%

11Decatur County, IAIA7,65516.5%+6%

12Sac County, IAIA9,52515.9%−6%

13Monroe County, IAIA7,40615.5%+33%

14Wayne County, IAIA6,73815.0%−5%

15Wright County, IAIA12,80114.7%−3%

16Clayton County, IAIA16,84514.6%+2%

17Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,37214.3%+40%

18Taylor County, IAIA5,83513.9%−4%

19Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36813.0%−10%

20Howard County, IAIA9,41512.7%+54%

21Keokuk County, IAIA9,79712.5%+55%

22Hardin County, IAIA16,45512.1%+7%

23Mills County, IAIA14,79312.1%+49%

24Union County, IAIA11,82911.6%+17%

25Tama County, IAIA16,79611.5%+28%

26O'Brien County, IAIA14,22011.5%+24%

27Davis County, IAIA9,23011.4%−15%

28Monona County, IAIA8,53911.3%+5%

29Jackson County, IAIA19,28811.2%+5%

30Wapello County, IAIA35,21011.0%+30%

31Floyd County, IAIA14,90111.0%+11%

32Butler County, IAIA14,04910.8%+35%

33Clay County, IAIA16,20210.7%+47%

34Page County, IAIA14,85610.7%−4%

35Louisa County, IAIA10,41610.6%−28%

36Fayette County, IAIA19,04710.5%−9%

37Shelby County, IAIA11,68910.3%+28%

38Mahaska County, IAIA21,88010.1%+26%

39Emmet County, IAIA9,10710.1%−4%

40Webster County, IAIA36,83810.0%+47%

41Clarke County, IAIA9,57410.0%−28%

42Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7339.9%+5%

43Franklin County, IAIA9,8689.9%−31%

44Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6639.8%+55%

45Delaware County, IAIA17,6749.8%+17%

46Jefferson County, IAIA15,2919.8%−4%

47Fremont County, IAIA6,5229.7%+2%

48Clinton County, IAIA46,0029.6%+20%

49Henry County, IAIA19,3499.5%+21%

50Ida County, IAIA6,7779.5%−2%

51Lee County, IAIA32,3069.3%−28%

52Adair County, IAIA7,4039.3%−2%

53Cherokee County, IAIA11,3699.2%+24%

54Greene County, IAIA8,6589.2%+6%

55Kossuth County, IAIA14,3229.2%−18%

56Boone County, IAIA26,7999.2%+22%

57Harrison County, IAIA14,6239.1%−7%

58Buena Vista County, IAIA20,4499.0%+9%

59Lucas County, IAIA8,8479.0%−35%

60Hancock County, IAIA10,5288.7%−18%

61Des Moines County, IAIA38,0778.6%−9%

62Hamilton County, IAIA14,9448.6%+0%

63Winnebago County, IAIA10,2518.6%−7%

64Cass County, IAIA12,9608.6%−9%

65Worth County, IAIA7,3388.5%+10%

66Marshall County, IAIA39,8908.5%+8%

67Montgomery County, IAIA10,0028.4%−41%

68Humboldt County, IAIA9,4098.3%−3%

69Bremer County, IAIA25,2968.2%+62%

70Benton County, IAIA26,0048.2%+2%

71Cedar County, IAIA18,3598.2%+39%

72Osceola County, IAIA5,9808.2%−10%

73Lyon County, IAIA12,3548.0%−16%

74Carroll County, IAIA20,3037.9%+11%

75Crawford County, IAIA16,2377.8%+13%

76Jones County, IAIA21,2537.8%−4%

77Buchanan County, IAIA20,8837.7%−12%

78Jasper County, IAIA38,1537.6%+10%

79Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5327.5%+14%

80Marion County, IAIA34,1927.4%−23%

81Linn County, IAIA232,0287.3%+16%

82Johnson County, IAIA160,0447.1%+0%

83Mitchell County, IAIA10,6507.1%−29%

84Story County, IAIA101,2917.1%+42%

85Washington County, IAIA22,6677.1%+10%

86Audubon County, IAIA5,5097.0%−21%

87Grundy County, IAIA12,3616.9%−22%

88Scott County, IAIA175,2596.9%+4%

89Iowa County, IAIA16,5046.2%−14%

90Woodbury County, IAIA106,6496.2%−10%

91Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9966.1%−15%

92Muscatine County, IAIA41,8536.0%−22%

93Polk County, IAIA516,5466.0%−8%

94Madison County, IAIA17,2705.7%−50%

95Warren County, IAIA57,3315.7%+10%

96Dubuque County, IAIA99,3815.3%+12%

97Plymouth County, IAIA25,6975.3%−22%

98Dallas County, IAIA118,4575.2%−24%

99Sioux County, IAIA36,7744.5%−10%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES