RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 99 SHOWN OF 99

Most rent-burdened, Iowa counties · 2010

Iowa counties ranked by the share of renter households paying 30% or more of income on 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 32.3%.

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YEAR2010 2024

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01Johnson County, IAIA160,04455.6%–

02Story County, IAIA101,29151.1%–

03Black Hawk County, IAIA131,53250.3%–

04Union County, IAIA11,82949.8%–

05Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36846.6%–

06O'Brien County, IAIA14,22045.9%–

07Hamilton County, IAIA14,94445.6%–

08Woodbury County, IAIA106,64945.4%–

09Henry County, IAIA19,34944.5%–

10Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,99643.9%–

11Polk County, IAIA516,54643.5%–

12Dickinson County, IAIA18,07743.1%–

13Jasper County, IAIA38,15342.7%–

14Dubuque County, IAIA99,38142.7%–

15Monroe County, IAIA7,40642.4%–

16Scott County, IAIA175,25942.1%–

17Harrison County, IAIA14,62341.8%–

18Muscatine County, IAIA41,85341.1%–

19Clinton County, IAIA46,00241.1%–

20Emmet County, IAIA9,10741.0%–

21Shelby County, IAIA11,68940.4%–

22Decatur County, IAIA7,65540.3%–

23Appanoose County, IAIA12,07740.2%–

24Washington County, IAIA22,66740.1%–

25Montgomery County, IAIA10,00239.6%–

26Mahaska County, IAIA21,88039.5%–

27Mills County, IAIA14,79339.4%–

28Marshall County, IAIA39,89039.0%–

29Des Moines County, IAIA38,07738.6%–

30Lee County, IAIA32,30637.9%–

31Linn County, IAIA232,02837.9%–

32Wapello County, IAIA35,21037.9%–

33Webster County, IAIA36,83837.2%–

34Marion County, IAIA34,19236.8%–

35Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,37236.5%–

36Clay County, IAIA16,20235.9%–

37Jefferson County, IAIA15,29135.7%–

38Page County, IAIA14,85635.7%–

39Madison County, IAIA17,27035.5%–

40Lucas County, IAIA8,84735.2%–

41Carroll County, IAIA20,30335.1%–

42Floyd County, IAIA14,90134.8%–

43Winneshiek County, IAIA19,73334.7%–

44Humboldt County, IAIA9,40934.7%–

45Boone County, IAIA26,79934.7%–

46Sac County, IAIA9,52533.6%–

47Dallas County, IAIA118,45733.4%–

48Bremer County, IAIA25,29633.3%–

49Cass County, IAIA12,96032.5%–

50Tama County, IAIA16,79632.3%–

51Warren County, IAIA57,33131.9%–

52Butler County, IAIA14,04931.8%–

53Clarke County, IAIA9,57431.7%–

54Fremont County, IAIA6,52231.7%–

55Howard County, IAIA9,41531.7%–

56Louisa County, IAIA10,41631.3%–

57Iowa County, IAIA16,50431.2%–

58Jackson County, IAIA19,28831.1%–

59Greene County, IAIA8,65831.1%–

60Wayne County, IAIA6,73831.1%–

61Fayette County, IAIA19,04730.8%–

62Mitchell County, IAIA10,65030.8%–

63Adams County, IAIA3,61730.7%–

64Palo Alto County, IAIA8,89930.6%–

65Chickasaw County, IAIA11,66330.6%–

66Hancock County, IAIA10,52830.3%–

67Davis County, IAIA9,23030.0%–

68Monona County, IAIA8,53929.9%–

69Allamakee County, IAIA14,23829.4%–

70Van Buren County, IAIA7,13129.2%–

71Sioux County, IAIA36,77429.1%–

72Crawford County, IAIA16,23729.0%–

73Jones County, IAIA21,25329.0%–

74Winnebago County, IAIA10,25128.8%–

75Guthrie County, IAIA10,78228.6%–

76Delaware County, IAIA17,67428.1%–

77Plymouth County, IAIA25,69727.4%–

78Cedar County, IAIA18,35927.3%–

79Buchanan County, IAIA20,88327.2%–

80Kossuth County, IAIA14,32227.2%–

81Buena Vista County, IAIA20,44926.9%–

82Benton County, IAIA26,00426.9%–

83Worth County, IAIA7,33826.2%–

84Osceola County, IAIA5,98026.2%–

85Hardin County, IAIA16,45526.1%–

86Adair County, IAIA7,40325.9%–

87Ringgold County, IAIA4,64225.6%–

88Keokuk County, IAIA9,79725.3%–

89Clayton County, IAIA16,84524.7%–

90Wright County, IAIA12,80124.6%–

91Taylor County, IAIA5,83524.2%–

92Franklin County, IAIA9,86824.1%–

93Cherokee County, IAIA11,36922.6%–

94Audubon County, IAIA5,50920.6%–

95Pocahontas County, IAIA6,81920.5%–

96Calhoun County, IAIA9,56219.5%–

97Lyon County, IAIA12,35417.4%–

98Grundy County, IAIA12,36116.6%–

99Ida County, IAIA6,77714.6%–

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