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Most affordable housing, Iowa counties · 2010

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+1%

02Osceola County, IAIA5,9801.6−1%

03Wright County, IAIA12,8011.7+9%

04Taylor County, IAIA5,8351.7+20%

05Ida County, IAIA6,7771.7−2%

06Van Buren County, IAIA7,1311.7+7%

07Calhoun County, IAIA9,5621.7−0%

08Audubon County, IAIA5,5091.7−6%

09Wayne County, IAIA6,7381.7+17%

10Hancock County, IAIA10,5281.7+5%

11Monona County, IAIA8,5391.7+4%

12Louisa County, IAIA10,4161.7+2%

13Cherokee County, IAIA11,3691.7+1%

14Palo Alto County, IAIA8,8991.7+1%

15Keokuk County, IAIA9,7971.7+8%

16Kossuth County, IAIA14,3221.8+6%

17Sac County, IAIA9,5251.8+8%

18Humboldt County, IAIA9,4091.8−5%

19Crawford County, IAIA16,2371.8+4%

20Franklin County, IAIA9,8681.8+13%

21Monroe County, IAIA7,4061.9+11%

22Greene County, IAIA8,6581.9+15%

23Emmet County, IAIA9,1071.9+11%

24Lee County, IAIA32,3061.9+10%

25Wapello County, IAIA35,2101.9+16%

26Decatur County, IAIA7,6551.9−2%

27O'Brien County, IAIA14,2201.9+14%

28Guthrie County, IAIA10,7821.9+3%

29Butler County, IAIA14,0491.9+3%

30Hardin County, IAIA16,4551.9+16%

31Worth County, IAIA7,3381.9+16%

32Hamilton County, IAIA14,9442.0+5%

33Howard County, IAIA9,4152.0+5%

34Fremont County, IAIA6,5222.0+11%

35Ringgold County, IAIA4,6422.0+14%

36Grundy County, IAIA12,3612.0+5%

37Lyon County, IAIA12,3542.0+6%

38Fayette County, IAIA19,0472.0+3%

39Lucas County, IAIA8,8472.0+3%

40Page County, IAIA14,8562.0+15%

41Adams County, IAIA3,6172.0+8%

42Cass County, IAIA12,9602.0+4%

43Clarke County, IAIA9,5742.0−3%

44Buena Vista County, IAIA20,4492.0+9%

45Mitchell County, IAIA10,6502.0+1%

46Adair County, IAIA7,4032.1+16%

47Tama County, IAIA16,7962.1+15%

48Appanoose County, IAIA12,0772.1+21%

49Montgomery County, IAIA10,0022.1+18%

50Jefferson County, IAIA15,2912.1−3%

51Webster County, IAIA36,8382.1+12%

52Clayton County, IAIA16,8452.1+1%

53Mahaska County, IAIA21,8802.1+14%

54Plymouth County, IAIA25,6972.1−2%

55Poweshiek County, IAIA18,3682.1−1%

56Woodbury County, IAIA106,6492.1+9%

57Union County, IAIA11,8292.2+17%

58Des Moines County, IAIA38,0772.2+15%

59Winnebago County, IAIA10,2512.2+30%

60Harrison County, IAIA14,6232.2+5%

61Davis County, IAIA9,2302.2+17%

62Buchanan County, IAIA20,8832.2+9%

63Marshall County, IAIA39,8902.2+19%

64Jones County, IAIA21,2532.2+2%

65Carroll County, IAIA20,3032.2+8%

66Allamakee County, IAIA14,2382.3+10%

67Floyd County, IAIA14,9012.3+16%

68Clay County, IAIA16,2022.3+7%

69Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6632.3+17%

70Iowa County, IAIA16,5042.3+7%

71Henry County, IAIA19,3492.3+19%

72Clinton County, IAIA46,0022.3+18%

73Cedar County, IAIA18,3592.3+13%

74Sioux County, IAIA36,7742.3+10%

75Boone County, IAIA26,7992.3+23%

76Shelby County, IAIA11,6892.3+14%

77Washington County, IAIA22,6672.3+9%

78Benton County, IAIA26,0042.4+16%

79Muscatine County, IAIA41,8532.4+20%

80Bremer County, IAIA25,2962.4+7%

81Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,3722.4+14%

82Delaware County, IAIA17,6742.4+7%

83Mills County, IAIA14,7932.4+8%

84Warren County, IAIA57,3312.4+19%

85Jasper County, IAIA38,1532.5+23%

86Jackson County, IAIA19,2882.5+7%

87Linn County, IAIA232,0282.5+21%

88Marion County, IAIA34,1922.6+25%

89Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9962.6+22%

90Dallas County, IAIA118,4572.6+21%

91Polk County, IAIA516,5462.7+23%

92Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5322.7+31%

93Scott County, IAIA175,2592.7+27%

94Madison County, IAIA17,2702.7+23%

95Dubuque County, IAIA99,3812.8+21%

96Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7332.9+25%

97Dickinson County, IAIA18,0773.0+26%

98Story County, IAIA101,2913.2+18%

99Johnson County, IAIA160,0443.4+12%

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