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Lowest median rent, Iowa counties · 2010

Iowa counties with the lowest median gross rent (2010 ACS). This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 99 is $521.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

01Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899$388+15%

02Adams County, IAIA3,617$401+20%

03Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819$417+32%

04Ida County, IAIA6,777$419+24%

05Floyd County, IAIA14,901$425+19%

06Wayne County, IAIA6,738$432+43%

07Kossuth County, IAIA14,322$435+25%

08Taylor County, IAIA5,835$437+24%

09Audubon County, IAIA5,509$445+27%

10Lucas County, IAIA8,847$456+40%

11Winnebago County, IAIA10,251$457+34%

12Wright County, IAIA12,801$457+31%

13Mitchell County, IAIA10,650$461+38%

14Carroll County, IAIA20,303$465+15%

15Clayton County, IAIA16,845$465+32%

16Clarke County, IAIA9,574$468+4%

17Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663$468+44%

18Monona County, IAIA8,539$468+22%

19Calhoun County, IAIA9,562$470+49%

20Cherokee County, IAIA11,369$471+33%

21Crawford County, IAIA16,237$472+30%

22Guthrie County, IAIA10,782$476+22%

23Franklin County, IAIA9,868$479+28%

24Delaware County, IAIA17,674$481+30%

25Fayette County, IAIA19,047$481+34%

26Clay County, IAIA16,202$482+27%

27Van Buren County, IAIA7,131$482+44%

28Davis County, IAIA9,230$483+37%

29Allamakee County, IAIA14,238$484+39%

30Page County, IAIA14,856$486+19%

31Fremont County, IAIA6,522$497+27%

32Sac County, IAIA9,525$499+52%

33Hancock County, IAIA10,528$500+42%

34Ringgold County, IAIA4,642$500+36%

35Jackson County, IAIA19,288$502+30%

36Monroe County, IAIA7,406$503+26%

37Decatur County, IAIA7,655$507+49%

38Lee County, IAIA32,306$507+27%

39Keokuk County, IAIA9,797$508+37%

40Adair County, IAIA7,403$513+38%

41Grundy County, IAIA12,361$513+36%

42Hardin County, IAIA16,455$513+27%

43O'Brien County, IAIA14,220$515+38%

44Appanoose County, IAIA12,077$516+49%

45Worth County, IAIA7,338$516+45%

46Howard County, IAIA9,415$517+55%

47Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733$517+33%

48Lyon County, IAIA12,354$518+48%

49Cass County, IAIA12,960$520+46%

50Mahaska County, IAIA21,880$521+24%

51Webster County, IAIA36,838$523+28%

52Greene County, IAIA8,658$526+54%

53Plymouth County, IAIA25,697$526+26%

54Benton County, IAIA26,004$527+37%

55Montgomery County, IAIA10,002$534+48%

56Clinton County, IAIA46,002$535+34%

57Dickinson County, IAIA18,077$535+29%

58Humboldt County, IAIA9,409$535+48%

59Osceola County, IAIA5,980$535+43%

60Butler County, IAIA14,049$537+53%

61Harrison County, IAIA14,623$539+29%

62Sioux County, IAIA36,774$542+41%

63Buchanan County, IAIA20,883$550+46%

64Marshall County, IAIA39,890$552+21%

65Union County, IAIA11,829$555+61%

66Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449$555+33%

67Tama County, IAIA16,796$559+34%

68Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368$561+30%

69Iowa County, IAIA16,504$561+36%

70Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372$565+40%

71Wapello County, IAIA35,210$565+35%

72Henry County, IAIA19,349$569+33%

73Boone County, IAIA26,799$572+29%

74Hamilton County, IAIA14,944$572+36%

75Emmet County, IAIA9,107$575+79%

76Des Moines County, IAIA38,077$578+32%

77Shelby County, IAIA11,689$582+46%

78Louisa County, IAIA10,416$583+39%

79Bremer County, IAIA25,296$584+46%

80Dubuque County, IAIA99,381$584+35%

81Jasper County, IAIA38,153$586+31%

82Jefferson County, IAIA15,291$592+39%

83Woodbury County, IAIA106,649$601+22%

84Cedar County, IAIA18,359$605+37%

85Madison County, IAIA17,270$606+36%

86Muscatine County, IAIA41,853$606+32%

87Jones County, IAIA21,253$607+46%

88Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532$617+31%

89Linn County, IAIA232,028$620+22%

90Washington County, IAIA22,667$624+47%

91Marion County, IAIA34,192$625+32%

92Scott County, IAIA175,259$636+28%

93Warren County, IAIA57,331$673+36%

94Mills County, IAIA14,793$677+46%

95Dallas County, IAIA118,457$688+30%

96Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996$689+28%

97Story County, IAIA101,291$703+22%

98Polk County, IAIA516,546$714+24%

99Johnson County, IAIA160,044$735+30%

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