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Lowest median rent, Iowa counties

Iowa counties with the lowest 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

01Decatur County, IAIA7,655$611+80%

02Van Buren County, IAIA7,131$622+86%

03Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899$638+89%

04Wayne County, IAIA6,738$659+117%

05Iowa County, IAIA16,504$686+67%

06Franklin County, IAIA9,868$696+86%

07Ida County, IAIA6,777$696+106%

08Page County, IAIA14,856$705+73%

09Lucas County, IAIA8,847$709+117%

10Ringgold County, IAIA4,642$710+93%

11Howard County, IAIA9,415$713+114%

12Winnebago County, IAIA10,251$717+110%

13Union County, IAIA11,829$721+110%

14Sac County, IAIA9,525$722+119%

15Calhoun County, IAIA9,562$723+130%

16Carroll County, IAIA20,303$731+81%

17Emmet County, IAIA9,107$733+128%

18Hancock County, IAIA10,528$736+108%

19Mitchell County, IAIA10,650$738+121%

20Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663$738+127%

21Crawford County, IAIA16,237$743+105%

22Humboldt County, IAIA9,409$744+106%

23Floyd County, IAIA14,901$745+109%

24Fremont County, IAIA6,522$746+91%

25Cherokee County, IAIA11,369$758+115%

26Worth County, IAIA7,338$758+112%

27Audubon County, IAIA5,509$759+116%

28Delaware County, IAIA17,674$764+106%

29Taylor County, IAIA5,835$765+117%

30Grundy County, IAIA12,361$774+106%

31Louisa County, IAIA10,416$775+85%

32Cass County, IAIA12,960$777+118%

33Greene County, IAIA8,658$781+128%

34Shelby County, IAIA11,689$783+96%

35Appanoose County, IAIA12,077$784+127%

36Jones County, IAIA21,253$784+88%

37Webster County, IAIA36,838$785+92%

38Clayton County, IAIA16,845$790+124%

39Wright County, IAIA12,801$790+126%

40Mahaska County, IAIA21,880$793+89%

41Hardin County, IAIA16,455$795+97%

42Allamakee County, IAIA14,238$796+129%

43Osceola County, IAIA5,980$797+113%

44Monroe County, IAIA7,406$798+100%

45Adair County, IAIA7,403$799+114%

46Jackson County, IAIA19,288$807+109%

47Clay County, IAIA16,202$811+114%

48Butler County, IAIA14,049$812+131%

49Montgomery County, IAIA10,002$814+125%

50Henry County, IAIA19,349$820+92%

51Benton County, IAIA26,004$826+115%

52Keokuk County, IAIA9,797$828+123%

53Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819$832+164%

54Lee County, IAIA32,306$835+110%

55Jasper County, IAIA38,153$836+87%

56Lyon County, IAIA12,354$843+141%

57Boone County, IAIA26,799$845+91%

58Guthrie County, IAIA10,782$845+117%

59Buchanan County, IAIA20,883$848+126%

60Harrison County, IAIA14,623$849+103%

61Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372$850+110%

62Clinton County, IAIA46,002$850+113%

63Monona County, IAIA8,539$855+123%

64Kossuth County, IAIA14,322$859+148%

65Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733$861+121%

66Davis County, IAIA9,230$868+147%

67O'Brien County, IAIA14,220$868+133%

68Tama County, IAIA16,796$872+109%

69Hamilton County, IAIA14,944$877+108%

70Cedar County, IAIA18,359$879+99%

71Washington County, IAIA22,667$879+107%

72Fayette County, IAIA19,047$881+145%

73Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368$883+104%

74Jefferson County, IAIA15,291$883+107%

75Marion County, IAIA34,192$884+87%

76Marshall County, IAIA39,890$885+93%

77Adams County, IAIA3,617$893+168%

78Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449$894+114%

79Des Moines County, IAIA38,077$904+106%

80Sioux County, IAIA36,774$908+136%

81Plymouth County, IAIA25,697$910+119%

82Wapello County, IAIA35,210$920+120%

83Bremer County, IAIA25,296$921+130%

84Dickinson County, IAIA18,077$922+122%

85Clarke County, IAIA9,574$931+107%

86Linn County, IAIA232,028$945+85%

87Dubuque County, IAIA99,381$959+121%

88Mills County, IAIA14,793$959+106%

89Muscatine County, IAIA41,853$971+111%

90Warren County, IAIA57,331$973+97%

91Woodbury County, IAIA106,649$981+99%

92Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532$989+110%

93Scott County, IAIA175,259$1,005+103%

94Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996$1,018+90%

95Story County, IAIA101,291$1,018+77%

96Madison County, IAIA17,270$1,036+133%

97Johnson County, IAIA160,044$1,122+99%

98Polk County, IAIA516,546$1,149+100%

99Dallas County, IAIA118,457$1,311+148%

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