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Lowest median rent, Iowa counties

Iowa counties with the lowest median gross rent (2024 ACS). This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 99 is $820. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Hancock County, IA, up 61 places to #18.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

01▲5Decatur County, IAIA7,655$611+80%

02▲5Van Buren County, IAIA7,131$622+86%

03▲1Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899$638+89%

04▼1Wayne County, IAIA6,738$659+117%

05▲16Iowa County, IAIA16,504$686+67%

06▲31Franklin County, IAIA9,868$696+86%

07▼2Ida County, IAIA6,777$696+106%

08▲38Page County, IAIA14,856$705+73%

09▲34Lucas County, IAIA8,847$709+117%

10▲20Ringgold County, IAIA4,642$710+93%

11▲33Howard County, IAIA9,415$713+114%

12▲11Winnebago County, IAIA10,251$717+110%

13▲5Union County, IAIA11,829$721+110%

14▲3Sac County, IAIA9,525$722+119%

15▼2Calhoun County, IAIA9,562$723+130%

16▲4Carroll County, IAIA20,303$731+81%

17▲14Emmet County, IAIA9,107$733+128%

18▲61Hancock County, IAIA10,528$736+108%

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

20▲12Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663$738+127%

21▲13Crawford County, IAIA16,237$743+105%

22▼11Humboldt County, IAIA9,409$744+106%

23▼21Floyd County, IAIA14,901$745+109%

24▲9Fremont County, IAIA6,522$746+91%

25▼24Cherokee County, IAIA11,369$758+115%

26▼14Worth County, IAIA7,338$758+112%

27▼11Audubon County, IAIA5,509$759+116%

28▼4Delaware County, IAIA17,674$764+106%

29▼19Taylor County, IAIA5,835$765+117%

30▲29Grundy County, IAIA12,361$774+106%

31▲7Louisa County, IAIA10,416$775+85%

32▼4Cass County, IAIA12,960$777+118%

33▲21Greene County, IAIA8,658$781+128%

34▲27Shelby County, IAIA11,689$783+96%

35▲10Appanoose County, IAIA12,077$784+127%

36▲6Jones County, IAIA21,253$784+88%

37▲11Webster County, IAIA36,838$785+92%

38▲1Clayton County, IAIA16,845$790+124%

39▼4Wright County, IAIA12,801$790+126%

40▲10Mahaska County, IAIA21,880$793+89%

41▲15Hardin County, IAIA16,455$795+97%

42▼16Allamakee County, IAIA14,238$796+129%

43▲6Osceola County, IAIA5,980$797+113%

44▼30Monroe County, IAIA7,406$798+100%

45▼37Adair County, IAIA7,403$799+114%

46▼24Jackson County, IAIA19,288$807+109%

47▲8Clay County, IAIA16,202$811+114%

48▼23Butler County, IAIA14,049$812+131%

49▼9Montgomery County, IAIA10,002$814+125%

50▼3Henry County, IAIA19,349$820+92%

51▲7Benton County, IAIA26,004$826+115%

52▲14Keokuk County, IAIA9,797$828+123%

53▼26Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819$832+164%

54▲13Lee County, IAIA32,306$835+110%

55▲22Jasper County, IAIA38,153$836+87%

56▲12Lyon County, IAIA12,354$843+141%

57▲21Boone County, IAIA26,799$845+91%

58▲4Guthrie County, IAIA10,782$845+117%

59▼6Buchanan County, IAIA20,883$848+126%

60▲14Harrison County, IAIA14,623$849+103%

61▲4Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372$850+110%

62▼21Clinton County, IAIA46,002$850+113%

63▼34Monona County, IAIA8,539$855+123%

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

65▲7Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733$861+121%

66▲5Davis County, IAIA9,230$868+147%

67▼58O'Brien County, IAIA14,220$868+133%

68▲7Tama County, IAIA16,796$872+109%

69▲12Hamilton County, IAIA14,944$877+108%

70▼10Cedar County, IAIA18,359$879+99%

71▲13Washington County, IAIA22,667$879+107%

72▼36Fayette County, IAIA19,047$881+145%

73▲3Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368$883+104%

74▲6Jefferson County, IAIA15,291$883+107%

75▼5Marion County, IAIA34,192$884+87%

76▼3Marshall County, IAIA39,890$885+93%

77▼25Adams County, IAIA3,617$893+168%

78▼15Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449$894+114%

79▲8Des Moines County, IAIA38,077$904+106%

80▼23Sioux County, IAIA36,774$908+136%

81▼12Plymouth County, IAIA25,697$910+119%

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

83▼32Bremer County, IAIA25,296$921+130%

84▲8Dickinson County, IAIA18,077$922+122%

85▼70Clarke County, IAIA9,574$931+107%

86▼3Linn County, IAIA232,028$945+85%

87▼2Dubuque County, IAIA99,381$959+121%

88▲6Mills County, IAIA14,793$959+106%

89▲2Muscatine County, IAIA41,853$971+111%

90▲3Warren County, IAIA57,331$973+97%

91▼5Woodbury County, IAIA106,649$981+99%

92▼3Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532$989+110%

93▼5Scott County, IAIA175,259$1,005+103%

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

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

96▼6Madison County, IAIA17,270$1,036+133%

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

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

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

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES