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Most affordable housing, Iowa counties · 2020

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

01Taylor County, IAIA5,8351.5+5%

02Pocahontas County, IAIA6,8191.5+15%

03Montgomery County, IAIA10,0021.5−14%

04Calhoun County, IAIA9,5621.5−9%

05Adams County, IAIA3,6171.6−16%

06Osceola County, IAIA5,9801.6−2%

07Emmet County, IAIA9,1071.6−5%

08Hancock County, IAIA10,5281.6−0%

09Franklin County, IAIA9,8681.7+3%

10Wayne County, IAIA6,7381.7+15%

11Wright County, IAIA12,8011.7+11%

12Louisa County, IAIA10,4161.7+1%

13Audubon County, IAIA5,5091.7−6%

14Decatur County, IAIA7,6551.7−9%

15Hardin County, IAIA16,4551.7+5%

16Monona County, IAIA8,5391.7+5%

17Davis County, IAIA9,2301.7−6%

18Lucas County, IAIA8,8471.7−9%

19Hamilton County, IAIA14,9441.7−6%

20Sac County, IAIA9,5251.8+6%

21Marshall County, IAIA39,8901.8−4%

22Worth County, IAIA7,3381.8+8%

23Van Buren County, IAIA7,1311.8+16%

24Greene County, IAIA8,6581.8+14%

25Keokuk County, IAIA9,7971.8+14%

26Crawford County, IAIA16,2371.8+4%

27Winnebago County, IAIA10,2511.9+11%

28Howard County, IAIA9,4151.9+0%

29Wapello County, IAIA35,2101.9+17%

30Page County, IAIA14,8561.9+8%

31Ida County, IAIA6,7771.9+11%

32Lee County, IAIA32,3061.9+12%

33Fremont County, IAIA6,5221.9+7%

34Palo Alto County, IAIA8,8991.9+10%

35Monroe County, IAIA7,4061.9+15%

36Grundy County, IAIA12,3611.9+2%

37Harrison County, IAIA14,6231.9−6%

38Kossuth County, IAIA14,3221.9+18%

39Humboldt County, IAIA9,4092.0+4%

40Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6632.0+3%

41Adair County, IAIA7,4032.0+11%

42Mitchell County, IAIA10,6502.0−1%

43Mahaska County, IAIA21,8802.0+8%

44Shelby County, IAIA11,6892.0−2%

45Ringgold County, IAIA4,6422.0+17%

46O'Brien County, IAIA14,2202.0+23%

47Guthrie County, IAIA10,7822.1+12%

48Cass County, IAIA12,9602.1+6%

49Webster County, IAIA36,8382.1+11%

50Floyd County, IAIA14,9012.1+6%

51Cherokee County, IAIA11,3692.1+21%

52Tama County, IAIA16,7962.1+15%

53Boone County, IAIA26,7992.1+11%

54Clarke County, IAIA9,5742.1+0%

55Butler County, IAIA14,0492.1+15%

56Buchanan County, IAIA20,8832.1+6%

57Fayette County, IAIA19,0472.1+11%

58Appanoose County, IAIA12,0772.1+24%

59Des Moines County, IAIA38,0772.2+15%

60Woodbury County, IAIA106,6492.2+10%

61Jackson County, IAIA19,2882.2−7%

62Henry County, IAIA19,3492.2+13%

63Union County, IAIA11,8292.2+18%

64Delaware County, IAIA17,6742.2−2%

65Buena Vista County, IAIA20,4492.2+19%

66Muscatine County, IAIA41,8532.2+14%

67Clinton County, IAIA46,0022.3+19%

68Jasper County, IAIA38,1532.3+15%

69Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,3722.3+10%

70Clayton County, IAIA16,8452.3+11%

71Bremer County, IAIA25,2962.3+5%

72Carroll County, IAIA20,3032.3+13%

73Cedar County, IAIA18,3592.4+15%

74Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9962.4+12%

75Mills County, IAIA14,7932.4+6%

76Linn County, IAIA232,0282.4+14%

77Allamakee County, IAIA14,2382.4+17%

78Benton County, IAIA26,0042.4+19%

79Plymouth County, IAIA25,6972.4+12%

80Lyon County, IAIA12,3542.4+31%

81Warren County, IAIA57,3312.4+20%

82Jones County, IAIA21,2532.5+13%

83Iowa County, IAIA16,5042.5+16%

84Sioux County, IAIA36,7742.5+18%

85Marion County, IAIA34,1922.5+22%

86Washington County, IAIA22,6672.5+16%

87Clay County, IAIA16,2022.5+20%

88Jefferson County, IAIA15,2912.5+18%

89Madison County, IAIA17,2702.6+17%

90Scott County, IAIA175,2592.6+24%

91Dubuque County, IAIA99,3812.7+17%

92Polk County, IAIA516,5462.7+26%

93Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5322.7+34%

94Poweshiek County, IAIA18,3682.7+27%

95Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7332.9+25%

96Dallas County, IAIA118,4572.9+34%

97Dickinson County, IAIA18,0773.3+35%

98Story County, IAIA101,2913.3+22%

99Johnson County, IAIA160,0443.8+23%

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