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Most affordable housing, Iowa counties · 2000

Iowa counties with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 2000

01Pocahontas County, IAIA6,8191.3+0%

02Taylor County, IAIA5,8351.4+0%

03Wayne County, IAIA6,7381.5+0%

04Wright County, IAIA12,8011.5+0%

05Van Buren County, IAIA7,1311.6+0%

06Wapello County, IAIA35,2101.6+0%

07Osceola County, IAIA5,9801.6+0%

08Greene County, IAIA8,6581.6+0%

09Keokuk County, IAIA9,7971.6+0%

10Hancock County, IAIA10,5281.6+0%

11Franklin County, IAIA9,8681.6+0%

12Hardin County, IAIA16,4551.6+0%

13Worth County, IAIA7,3381.7+0%

14Kossuth County, IAIA14,3221.7+0%

15Sac County, IAIA9,5251.7+0%

16Monona County, IAIA8,5391.7+0%

17O'Brien County, IAIA14,2201.7+0%

18Monroe County, IAIA7,4061.7+0%

19Emmet County, IAIA9,1071.7+0%

20Winnebago County, IAIA10,2511.7+0%

21Lee County, IAIA32,3061.7+0%

22Louisa County, IAIA10,4161.7+0%

23Calhoun County, IAIA9,5621.7+0%

24Ida County, IAIA6,7771.7+0%

25Cherokee County, IAIA11,3691.7+0%

26Appanoose County, IAIA12,0771.7+0%

27Palo Alto County, IAIA8,8991.7+0%

28Ringgold County, IAIA4,6421.7+0%

29Page County, IAIA14,8561.7+0%

30Crawford County, IAIA16,2371.8+0%

31Montgomery County, IAIA10,0021.8+0%

32Fremont County, IAIA6,5221.8+0%

33Adair County, IAIA7,4031.8+0%

34Audubon County, IAIA5,5091.8+0%

35Tama County, IAIA16,7961.8+0%

36Guthrie County, IAIA10,7821.8+0%

37Union County, IAIA11,8291.8+0%

38Mahaska County, IAIA21,8801.9+0%

39Marshall County, IAIA39,8901.9+0%

40Davis County, IAIA9,2301.9+0%

41Butler County, IAIA14,0491.9+0%

42Adams County, IAIA3,6171.9+0%

43Hamilton County, IAIA14,9441.9+0%

44Lyon County, IAIA12,3541.9+0%

45Howard County, IAIA9,4151.9+0%

46Webster County, IAIA36,8381.9+0%

47Buena Vista County, IAIA20,4491.9+0%

48Des Moines County, IAIA38,0771.9+0%

49Grundy County, IAIA12,3611.9+0%

50Boone County, IAIA26,7991.9+0%

51Humboldt County, IAIA9,4091.9+0%

52Decatur County, IAIA7,6551.9+0%

53Lucas County, IAIA8,8471.9+0%

54Fayette County, IAIA19,0471.9+0%

55Henry County, IAIA19,3491.9+0%

56Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6631.9+0%

57Clinton County, IAIA46,0021.9+0%

58Cass County, IAIA12,9601.9+0%

59Floyd County, IAIA14,9012.0+0%

60Woodbury County, IAIA106,6492.0+0%

61Muscatine County, IAIA41,8532.0+0%

62Jasper County, IAIA38,1532.0+0%

63Buchanan County, IAIA20,8832.0+0%

64Benton County, IAIA26,0042.0+0%

65Mitchell County, IAIA10,6502.0+0%

66Warren County, IAIA57,3312.0+0%

67Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5322.0+0%

68Cedar County, IAIA18,3592.0+0%

69Marion County, IAIA34,1922.1+0%

70Shelby County, IAIA11,6892.1+0%

71Allamakee County, IAIA14,2382.1+0%

72Harrison County, IAIA14,6232.1+0%

73Carroll County, IAIA20,3032.1+0%

74Clarke County, IAIA9,5742.1+0%

75Clayton County, IAIA16,8452.1+0%

76Linn County, IAIA232,0282.1+0%

77Sioux County, IAIA36,7742.1+0%

78Clay County, IAIA16,2022.1+0%

79Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9962.1+0%

80Scott County, IAIA175,2592.1+0%

81Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,3722.1+0%

82Iowa County, IAIA16,5042.1+0%

83Jefferson County, IAIA15,2912.1+0%

84Washington County, IAIA22,6672.2+0%

85Poweshiek County, IAIA18,3682.2+0%

86Plymouth County, IAIA25,6972.2+0%

87Polk County, IAIA516,5462.2+0%

88Jones County, IAIA21,2532.2+0%

89Dallas County, IAIA118,4572.2+0%

90Bremer County, IAIA25,2962.2+0%

91Madison County, IAIA17,2702.2+0%

92Mills County, IAIA14,7932.2+0%

93Delaware County, IAIA17,6742.3+0%

94Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7332.3+0%

95Dubuque County, IAIA99,3812.3+0%

96Jackson County, IAIA19,2882.3+0%

97Dickinson County, IAIA18,0772.4+0%

98Story County, IAIA101,2912.7+0%

99Johnson County, IAIA160,0443.1+0%

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