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Iowa Counties by Median Gross Rent

Median gross rent includes rent plus utilities paid by renters. It's the most direct measure of housing affordability for non-owners.

All 99 counties ranked by Median Gross Rent, from highest to lowest. Click the column header to reverse sort order. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023.

States Counties Cities Metros ZIPs
# Counties Median Gross Rent
1 Cherokee County, Iowa $3,501
2 Calhoun County, Iowa $2,894
3 Clay County, Iowa $2,250
4 Henry County, Iowa $2,130
5 Greene County, Iowa $1,987
6 Johnson County, Iowa $1,955
7 Iowa County, Iowa $1,776
8 Crawford County, Iowa $1,770
9 Marshall County, Iowa $1,765
10 Marion County, Iowa $1,743
11 Keokuk County, Iowa $1,691
12 Mahaska County, Iowa $1,687
13 Palo Alto County, Iowa $1,679
14 Emmet County, Iowa $1,623
15 Adams County, Iowa $1,602
16 Floyd County, Iowa $1,599
17 Delaware County, Iowa $1,550
18 Des Moines County, Iowa $1,518
19 Audubon County, Iowa $1,516
20 Plymouth County, Iowa $1,484
21 Mills County, Iowa $1,471
22 Hancock County, Iowa $1,452
23 Carroll County, Iowa $1,439
24 Decatur County, Iowa $1,401
25 Hardin County, Iowa $1,386
26 Cedar County, Iowa $1,377
27 Adair County, Iowa $1,355
28 Page County, Iowa $1,343
29 Polk County, Iowa $1,341
30 Cass County, Iowa $1,340
31 Mitchell County, Iowa $1,312
32 Buena Vista County, Iowa $1,303
33 Lyon County, Iowa $1,291
34 Cerro Gordo County, Iowa $1,284
35 Butler County, Iowa $1,240
36 Dallas County, Iowa $1,239
37 Osceola County, Iowa $1,235
38 Louisa County, Iowa $1,230
39 Lee County, Iowa $1,221
40 Dubuque County, Iowa $1,215
41 Hamilton County, Iowa $1,212
42 Montgomery County, Iowa $1,205
43 Grundy County, Iowa $1,204
44 Monroe County, Iowa $1,197
45 Clayton County, Iowa $1,171
46 Boone County, Iowa $1,170
47 Pocahontas County, Iowa $1,167
48 Muscatine County, Iowa $1,110
49 Black Hawk County, Iowa $1,083
50 Madison County, Iowa $1,082
51 Appanoose County, Iowa $1,029
52 Story County, Iowa $1,019
53 O'Brien County, Iowa $1,009
54 Warren County, Iowa $975
55 Pottawattamie County, Iowa $970
56 Scott County, Iowa $958
57 Wapello County, Iowa $950
58 Woodbury County, Iowa $946
59 Dickinson County, Iowa $930
60 Monona County, Iowa $919
61 Linn County, Iowa $915
62 Sioux County, Iowa $888
63 Jefferson County, Iowa $881
64 Davis County, Iowa $878
65 Tama County, Iowa $865
66 Poweshiek County, Iowa $864
67 Washington County, Iowa $862
68 Kossuth County, Iowa $859
69 Harrison County, Iowa $854
70 Bremer County, Iowa $844
71 Clarke County, Iowa $836
72 Clinton County, Iowa $825
73 Guthrie County, Iowa $823
74 Jasper County, Iowa $822
75 Benton County, Iowa $815
76 Fayette County, Iowa $813
77 Shelby County, Iowa $810
78 Buchanan County, Iowa $802
79 Jackson County, Iowa $800
80 Winneshiek County, Iowa $800
81 Wright County, Iowa $788
82 Chickasaw County, Iowa $779
83 Webster County, Iowa $762
84 Jones County, Iowa $759
85 Fremont County, Iowa $753
86 Ringgold County, Iowa $745
87 Lucas County, Iowa $738
88 Humboldt County, Iowa $731
89 Allamakee County, Iowa $717
90 Winnebago County, Iowa $712
91 Taylor County, Iowa $707
92 Worth County, Iowa $703
93 Howard County, Iowa $699
94 Van Buren County, Iowa $686
95 Union County, Iowa $683
96 Ida County, Iowa $669
97 Wayne County, Iowa $660
98 Franklin County, Iowa $649
99 Sac County, Iowa $643