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Highest housing vacancy, Iowa counties · 2010

Iowa counties ranked by the share of housing units that are vacant (2010 ACS). This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPHOUSING VACANCY RATEVS –

01Dickinson County, IAIA18,07736.2%–

02Allamakee County, IAIA14,23823.6%–

03Ringgold County, IAIA4,64222.3%–

04Guthrie County, IAIA10,78218.8%–

05Sac County, IAIA9,52516.9%–

06Appanoose County, IAIA12,07716.4%–

07Wayne County, IAIA6,73815.9%–

08Van Buren County, IAIA7,13115.8%–

09Decatur County, IAIA7,65515.5%–

10Wright County, IAIA12,80115.3%–

11Louisa County, IAIA10,41614.7%–

12Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36814.5%–

13Taylor County, IAIA5,83514.4%–

14Palo Alto County, IAIA8,89914.4%–

15Clayton County, IAIA16,84514.4%–

16Montgomery County, IAIA10,00214.3%–

17Franklin County, IAIA9,86814.2%–

18Lucas County, IAIA8,84713.8%–

19Clarke County, IAIA9,57413.8%–

20Pocahontas County, IAIA6,81913.8%–

21Davis County, IAIA9,23013.4%–

22Lee County, IAIA32,30612.9%–

23Monroe County, IAIA7,40611.7%–

24Calhoun County, IAIA9,56211.6%–

25Fayette County, IAIA19,04711.5%–

26Adams County, IAIA3,61711.4%–

27Madison County, IAIA17,27011.4%–

28Hardin County, IAIA16,45511.3%–

29Kossuth County, IAIA14,32211.2%–

30Page County, IAIA14,85611.2%–

31Monona County, IAIA8,53910.8%–

32Jackson County, IAIA19,28810.7%–

33Hancock County, IAIA10,52810.5%–

34Emmet County, IAIA9,10710.5%–

35Jefferson County, IAIA15,29110.2%–

36Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,37210.2%–

37Mitchell County, IAIA10,65010.1%–

38Floyd County, IAIA14,9019.9%–

39Union County, IAIA11,8299.9%–

40Harrison County, IAIA14,6239.8%–

41Ida County, IAIA6,7779.7%–

42Marion County, IAIA34,1929.7%–

43Lyon County, IAIA12,3549.6%–

44Adair County, IAIA7,4039.5%–

45Des Moines County, IAIA38,0779.5%–

46Fremont County, IAIA6,5229.5%–

47Cass County, IAIA12,9609.4%–

48Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7339.3%–

49O'Brien County, IAIA14,2209.3%–

50Winnebago County, IAIA10,2519.2%–

51Osceola County, IAIA5,9809.1%–

52Tama County, IAIA16,7969.0%–

53Grundy County, IAIA12,3618.9%–

54Buchanan County, IAIA20,8838.8%–

55Audubon County, IAIA5,5098.8%–

56Greene County, IAIA8,6588.7%–

57Humboldt County, IAIA9,4098.6%–

58Hamilton County, IAIA14,9448.6%–

59Wapello County, IAIA35,2108.5%–

60Delaware County, IAIA17,6748.4%–

61Buena Vista County, IAIA20,4498.3%–

62Howard County, IAIA9,4158.2%–

63Mills County, IAIA14,7938.1%–

64Jones County, IAIA21,2538.1%–

65Keokuk County, IAIA9,7978.0%–

66Mahaska County, IAIA21,8808.0%–

67Clinton County, IAIA46,0028.0%–

68Benton County, IAIA26,0048.0%–

69Shelby County, IAIA11,6898.0%–

70Butler County, IAIA14,0497.9%–

71Marshall County, IAIA39,8907.9%–

72Henry County, IAIA19,3497.8%–

73Worth County, IAIA7,3387.7%–

74Muscatine County, IAIA41,8537.7%–

75Boone County, IAIA26,7997.5%–

76Cherokee County, IAIA11,3697.5%–

77Clay County, IAIA16,2027.3%–

78Iowa County, IAIA16,5047.3%–

79Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9967.2%–

80Carroll County, IAIA20,3037.2%–

81Johnson County, IAIA160,0447.1%–

82Jasper County, IAIA38,1537.0%–

83Crawford County, IAIA16,2377.0%–

84Woodbury County, IAIA106,6496.9%–

85Dallas County, IAIA118,4576.8%–

86Webster County, IAIA36,8386.8%–

87Plymouth County, IAIA25,6976.8%–

88Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5326.6%–

89Scott County, IAIA175,2596.6%–

90Polk County, IAIA516,5466.6%–

91Washington County, IAIA22,6676.5%–

92Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6636.3%–

93Linn County, IAIA232,0286.3%–

94Cedar County, IAIA18,3595.9%–

95Warren County, IAIA57,3315.1%–

96Bremer County, IAIA25,2965.1%–

97Story County, IAIA101,2915.0%–

98Sioux County, IAIA36,7744.9%–

99Dubuque County, IAIA99,3814.7%–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS