Census tract rankings · Iowa

Most rent-burdened census tracts in Iowa

Share of renter households paying more than 30% of income on rent — a federal threshold for housing-cost burden. Filtered to Iowa, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	rent burden
#1	Tract 8	Story, IA	100.0%
#2	Tract 102.13	Polk, IA	100.0%
#3	Tract 12	Polk, IA	89.2%
#4	Tract 41	Polk, IA	89.1%
#5	Tract 33.02	Woodbury, IA	83.6%
#6	Tract 21	Johnson, IA	79.2%
#7	Tract 26.06	Black Hawk, IA	78.6%
#8	Tract 16.01	Johnson, IA	78.4%
#9	Tract 212	Pottawattamie, IA	77.6%
#10	Tract 15	Polk, IA	77.5%
#11	Tract 2.11	Linn, IA	76.5%
#12	Tract 1.01	Linn, IA	76.0%
#13	Tract 11	Johnson, IA	75.2%
#14	Tract 14	Black Hawk, IA	74.7%
#15	Tract 11.01	Linn, IA	74.4%
#16	Tract 15	Linn, IA	74.4%
#17	Tract 1.02	Linn, IA	74.3%
#18	Tract 7	Des Moines, IA	74.3%
#19	Tract 8.02	Polk, IA	74.0%
#20	Tract 206	Warren, IA	74.0%
#21	Tract 126.02	Scott, IA	73.8%
#22	Tract 508.12	Dallas, IA	73.1%
#23	Tract 49	Polk, IA	73.0%
#24	Tract 108.03	Polk, IA	72.9%
#25	Tract 311	Pottawattamie, IA	72.6%
#26	Tract 1.01	Polk, IA	71.7%
#27	Tract 112.03	Polk, IA	71.4%
#28	Tract 13	Johnson, IA	70.1%
#29	Tract 8	Woodbury, IA	69.7%
#30	Tract 107	Scott, IA	69.5%
#31	Tract 11.02	Story, IA	69.1%
#32	Tract 127.01	Scott, IA	69.0%
#33	Tract 23	Johnson, IA	68.8%
#34	Tract 23.04	Black Hawk, IA	68.6%
#35	Tract 47.01	Polk, IA	68.4%
#36	Tract 19	Woodbury, IA	68.3%
#37	Tract 25	Black Hawk, IA	68.2%
#38	Tract 1	Clinton, IA	68.1%
#39	Tract 6	Polk, IA	67.7%
#40	Tract 113.01	Polk, IA	67.1%
#41	Tract 107.07	Polk, IA	67.0%
#42	Tract 3	Black Hawk, IA	66.6%
#43	Tract 9.01	Linn, IA	66.5%
#44	Tract 9610	Wapello, IA	66.4%
#45	Tract 702	Butler, IA	66.2%
#46	Tract 7	Story, IA	65.5%
#47	Tract 4601	Osceola, IA	65.2%
#48	Tract 105	Polk, IA	64.9%
#49	Tract 127.02	Scott, IA	64.8%
#50	Tract 9606	Wapello, IA	64.7%
#51	Tract 1.03	Linn, IA	64.3%
#52	Tract 21	Polk, IA	64.0%
#53	Tract 2	Johnson, IA	63.8%
#54	Tract 4	Linn, IA	63.8%
#55	Tract 304.01	Marion, IA	63.8%
#56	Tract 3	Polk, IA	63.7%
#57	Tract 102.11	Polk, IA	63.5%
#58	Tract 114	Scott, IA	63.4%
#59	Tract 18	Black Hawk, IA	63.2%
#60	Tract 16.02	Johnson, IA	63.1%
#61	Tract 4907	Lee, IA	63.0%
#62	Tract 406	Jasper, IA	62.9%
#63	Tract 32	Polk, IA	62.8%
#64	Tract 12	Johnson, IA	62.8%
#65	Tract 701	Monroe, IA	62.7%
#66	Tract 11	Polk, IA	62.5%
#67	Tract 4503	Cedar, IA	61.8%
#68	Tract 7	Black Hawk, IA	61.8%
#69	Tract 26.01	Black Hawk, IA	61.4%
#70	Tract 4908	Lee, IA	61.3%
#71	Tract 26.05	Black Hawk, IA	61.2%
#72	Tract 47.02	Polk, IA	61.2%
#73	Tract 4805	Floyd, IA	60.9%
#74	Tract 3.07	Johnson, IA	60.6%
#75	Tract 1905	Cass, IA	60.5%
#76	Tract 1	Black Hawk, IA	60.4%
#77	Tract 17	Linn, IA	60.2%
#78	Tract 9602	Shelby, IA	60.2%
#79	Tract 119	Scott, IA	60.0%
#80	Tract 50	Polk, IA	59.9%
#81	Tract 5	Story, IA	59.8%
#82	Tract 4501	Cedar, IA	59.5%
#83	Tract 804	Fayette, IA	59.2%
#84	Tract 904	Jefferson, IA	59.0%
#85	Tract 112.01	Polk, IA	58.7%
#86	Tract 4	Webster, IA	58.2%
#87	Tract 702	Audubon, IA	58.1%
#88	Tract 14	Johnson, IA	58.0%
#89	Tract 1.05	Story, IA	57.6%
#90	Tract 2.02	Polk, IA	57.6%
#91	Tract 510	Muscatine, IA	57.4%
#92	Tract 2.10	Linn, IA	57.3%
#93	Tract 46.03	Polk, IA	57.3%
#94	Tract 108	Scott, IA	57.2%
#95	Tract 1.02	Story, IA	57.1%
#96	Tract 9507	Mahaska, IA	57.1%
#97	Tract 9602	Montgomery, IA	56.9%
#98	Tract 125.01	Scott, IA	56.9%
#99	Tract 403	Jasper, IA	56.8%
#100	Tract 9603	Montgomery, IA	56.8%