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Tightest housing markets, Iowa counties · 2010

Iowa counties with the lowest housing vacancy rate (2023 ACS). This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPHOUSING VACANCY RATEVS 2000

01Dubuque County, IAIA99,3814.7%–

02Sioux County, IAIA36,7744.9%–

03Story County, IAIA101,2915.0%–

04Bremer County, IAIA25,2965.1%–

05Warren County, IAIA57,3315.1%–

06Cedar County, IAIA18,3595.9%–

07Linn County, IAIA232,0286.3%–

08Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6636.3%–

09Washington County, IAIA22,6676.5%–

10Polk County, IAIA516,5466.6%–

11Scott County, IAIA175,2596.6%–

12Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5326.6%–

13Plymouth County, IAIA25,6976.8%–

14Webster County, IAIA36,8386.8%–

15Dallas County, IAIA118,4576.8%–

16Woodbury County, IAIA106,6496.9%–

17Crawford County, IAIA16,2377.0%–

18Jasper County, IAIA38,1537.0%–

19Johnson County, IAIA160,0447.1%–

20Carroll County, IAIA20,3037.2%–

21Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9967.2%–

22Iowa County, IAIA16,5047.3%–

23Clay County, IAIA16,2027.3%–

24Cherokee County, IAIA11,3697.5%–

25Boone County, IAIA26,7997.5%–

26Muscatine County, IAIA41,8537.7%–

27Worth County, IAIA7,3387.7%–

28Henry County, IAIA19,3497.8%–

29Marshall County, IAIA39,8907.9%–

30Butler County, IAIA14,0497.9%–

31Shelby County, IAIA11,6898.0%–

32Benton County, IAIA26,0048.0%–

33Clinton County, IAIA46,0028.0%–

34Mahaska County, IAIA21,8808.0%–

35Keokuk County, IAIA9,7978.0%–

36Jones County, IAIA21,2538.1%–

37Mills County, IAIA14,7938.1%–

38Howard County, IAIA9,4158.2%–

39Buena Vista County, IAIA20,4498.3%–

40Delaware County, IAIA17,6748.4%–

41Wapello County, IAIA35,2108.5%–

42Hamilton County, IAIA14,9448.6%–

43Humboldt County, IAIA9,4098.6%–

44Greene County, IAIA8,6588.7%–

45Audubon County, IAIA5,5098.8%–

46Buchanan County, IAIA20,8838.8%–

47Grundy County, IAIA12,3618.9%–

48Tama County, IAIA16,7969.0%–

49Osceola County, IAIA5,9809.1%–

50Winnebago County, IAIA10,2519.2%–

51O'Brien County, IAIA14,2209.3%–

52Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7339.3%–

53Cass County, IAIA12,9609.4%–

54Fremont County, IAIA6,5229.5%–

55Des Moines County, IAIA38,0779.5%–

56Adair County, IAIA7,4039.5%–

57Lyon County, IAIA12,3549.6%–

58Marion County, IAIA34,1929.7%–

59Ida County, IAIA6,7779.7%–

60Harrison County, IAIA14,6239.8%–

61Union County, IAIA11,8299.9%–

62Floyd County, IAIA14,9019.9%–

63Mitchell County, IAIA10,65010.1%–

64Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,37210.2%–

65Jefferson County, IAIA15,29110.2%–

66Emmet County, IAIA9,10710.5%–

67Hancock County, IAIA10,52810.5%–

68Jackson County, IAIA19,28810.7%–

69Monona County, IAIA8,53910.8%–

70Page County, IAIA14,85611.2%–

71Kossuth County, IAIA14,32211.2%–

72Hardin County, IAIA16,45511.3%–

73Madison County, IAIA17,27011.4%–

74Adams County, IAIA3,61711.4%–

75Fayette County, IAIA19,04711.5%–

76Calhoun County, IAIA9,56211.6%–

77Monroe County, IAIA7,40611.7%–

78Lee County, IAIA32,30612.9%–

79Davis County, IAIA9,23013.4%–

80Pocahontas County, IAIA6,81913.8%–

81Clarke County, IAIA9,57413.8%–

82Lucas County, IAIA8,84713.8%–

83Franklin County, IAIA9,86814.2%–

84Montgomery County, IAIA10,00214.3%–

85Clayton County, IAIA16,84514.4%–

86Palo Alto County, IAIA8,89914.4%–

87Taylor County, IAIA5,83514.4%–

88Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36814.5%–

89Louisa County, IAIA10,41614.7%–

90Wright County, IAIA12,80115.3%–

91Decatur County, IAIA7,65515.5%–

92Van Buren County, IAIA7,13115.8%–

93Wayne County, IAIA6,73815.9%–

94Appanoose County, IAIA12,07716.4%–

95Sac County, IAIA9,52516.9%–

96Guthrie County, IAIA10,78218.8%–

97Ringgold County, IAIA4,64222.3%–

98Allamakee County, IAIA14,23823.6%–

99Dickinson County, IAIA18,07736.2%–

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