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Lowest median rent, Iowa counties · 2000

Iowa counties with the lowest median gross rent (2000 ACS). This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 99 is $386.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 1990

01Wayne County, IAIA6,738$303+30%

02Calhoun County, IAIA9,562$315+24%

03Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819$315+28%

04Emmet County, IAIA9,107$322+30%

05Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663$325+24%

06Lucas County, IAIA8,847$326+26%

07Sac County, IAIA9,525$329+32%

08Adams County, IAIA3,617$333+39%

09Howard County, IAIA9,415$333+43%

10Mitchell County, IAIA10,650$334+44%

11Van Buren County, IAIA7,131$334+39%

12Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899$337+38%

13Ida County, IAIA6,777$338+26%

14Decatur County, IAIA7,655$340+55%

15Winnebago County, IAIA10,251$341+26%

16Greene County, IAIA8,658$342+29%

17Union County, IAIA11,829$344+18%

18Appanoose County, IAIA12,077$346+36%

19Kossuth County, IAIA14,322$347+33%

20Allamakee County, IAIA14,238$348+43%

21Lyon County, IAIA12,354$350+39%

22Wright County, IAIA12,801$350+24%

23Audubon County, IAIA5,509$351+38%

24Butler County, IAIA14,049$351+26%

25Taylor County, IAIA5,835$352+50%

26Davis County, IAIA9,230$352+28%

27Cherokee County, IAIA11,369$353+43%

28Clayton County, IAIA16,845$353+46%

29Hancock County, IAIA10,528$353+21%

30Cass County, IAIA12,960$357+31%

31Floyd County, IAIA14,901$357+35%

32Worth County, IAIA7,338$357+41%

33Fayette County, IAIA19,047$360+44%

34Montgomery County, IAIA10,002$361+42%

35Crawford County, IAIA16,237$362+33%

36Humboldt County, IAIA9,409$362+34%

37Ringgold County, IAIA4,642$368+40%

38Delaware County, IAIA17,674$370+31%

39Keokuk County, IAIA9,797$372+49%

40Adair County, IAIA7,403$373+55%

41O'Brien County, IAIA14,220$373+50%

42Franklin County, IAIA9,868$374+34%

43Osceola County, IAIA5,980$374+43%

44Buchanan County, IAIA20,883$376+39%

45Grundy County, IAIA12,361$376+39%

46Clay County, IAIA16,202$379+43%

47Monona County, IAIA8,539$384+58%

48Benton County, IAIA26,004$385+37%

49Sioux County, IAIA36,774$385+44%

50Jackson County, IAIA19,288$386+42%

51Guthrie County, IAIA10,782$389+35%

52Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733$389+41%

53Fremont County, IAIA6,522$391+49%

54Lee County, IAIA32,306$398+36%

55Clinton County, IAIA46,002$399+30%

56Monroe County, IAIA7,406$399+47%

57Shelby County, IAIA11,689$399+53%

58Bremer County, IAIA25,296$400+39%

59Carroll County, IAIA20,303$403+42%

60Hardin County, IAIA16,455$403+40%

61Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372$404+26%

62Page County, IAIA14,856$407+61%

63Webster County, IAIA36,838$408+38%

64Iowa County, IAIA16,504$412+40%

65Dickinson County, IAIA18,077$416+42%

66Jones County, IAIA21,253$416+50%

67Plymouth County, IAIA25,697$416+40%

68Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449$417+40%

69Harrison County, IAIA14,623$418+51%

70Tama County, IAIA16,796$418+38%

71Louisa County, IAIA10,416$419+38%

72Wapello County, IAIA35,210$419+52%

73Mahaska County, IAIA21,880$420+45%

74Hamilton County, IAIA14,944$422+43%

75Washington County, IAIA22,667$424+43%

76Jefferson County, IAIA15,291$426+26%

77Henry County, IAIA19,349$428+39%

78Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368$432+43%

79Dubuque County, IAIA99,381$434+38%

80Des Moines County, IAIA38,077$439+37%

81Cedar County, IAIA18,359$441+40%

82Boone County, IAIA26,799$443+47%

83Madison County, IAIA17,270$445+51%

84Jasper County, IAIA38,153$448+47%

85Clarke County, IAIA9,574$449+57%

86Marshall County, IAIA39,890$458+43%

87Muscatine County, IAIA41,853$460+34%

88Mills County, IAIA14,793$465+46%

89Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532$472+45%

90Marion County, IAIA34,192$472+46%

91Warren County, IAIA57,331$494+42%

92Woodbury County, IAIA106,649$494+52%

93Scott County, IAIA175,259$496+37%

94Linn County, IAIA232,028$510+38%

95Dallas County, IAIA118,457$529+57%

96Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996$537+45%

97Johnson County, IAIA160,044$564+37%

98Polk County, IAIA516,546$574+31%

99Story County, IAIA101,291$575+47%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS