Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Lowest Rents in Iowa
Median gross rent by county, lowest first, including the utilities a tenant pays. Set these against the monthly cost to own the same county's median home: where the two are close, buying is not the stretch it looks like.
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Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Iowa ranked
| # | County | Median rent | Monthly to own | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto County | $599 | $1,112 | $119,300 |
| 2 | Sac County | $643 | $1,234 | $138,400 |
| 3 | Franklin County | $649 | $1,117 | $118,500 |
| 4 | Wayne County | $660 | $992 | $102,300 |
| 5 | Decatur County | $663 | $1,079 | $109,500 |
| 6 | Ida County | $669 | $1,016 | $108,800 |
| 7 | Floyd County | $672 | $1,236 | $133,300 |
| 8 | Union County | $683 | $1,155 | $117,800 |
| 9 | Van Buren County | $686 | $1,105 | $118,800 |
| 10 | Calhoun County | $690 | $1,082 | $114,400 |
| 11 | Howard County | $699 | $1,231 | $133,900 |
| 12 | Worth County | $703 | $1,269 | $142,300 |
| 13 | Audubon County | $707 | $1,043 | $110,400 |
| 14 | Taylor County | $707 | $1,037 | $109,700 |
| 15 | Cherokee County | $711 | $1,290 | $145,100 |
| 16 | Winnebago County | $712 | $1,225 | $132,300 |
| 17 | Allamakee County | $717 | $1,512 | $171,900 |
| 18 | Carroll County | $722 | $1,516 | $175,700 |
| 19 | Iowa County | $722 | $1,668 | $189,800 |
| 20 | Crawford County | $727 | $1,251 | $136,300 |
| 21 | Adair County | $730 | $1,285 | $140,600 |
| 22 | Emmet County | $731 | $1,033 | $106,200 |
| 23 | Humboldt County | $731 | $1,329 | $146,900 |
| 24 | Page County | $731 | $1,137 | $120,000 |
| 25 | Lucas County | $738 | $1,118 | $117,000 |
| 26 | Mitchell County | $739 | $1,443 | $164,100 |
| 27 | Delaware County | $743 | $1,504 | $168,700 |
| 28 | Pocahontas County | $743 | $906 | $93,300 |
| 29 | Ringgold County | $745 | $1,353 | $150,300 |
| 30 | Fremont County | $753 | $1,335 | $147,500 |
| 31 | Jones County | $759 | $1,611 | $183,400 |
| 32 | Webster County | $762 | $1,287 | $138,500 |
| 33 | Clayton County | $764 | $1,409 | $155,700 |
| 34 | Cass County | $769 | $1,240 | $133,300 |
| 35 | Henry County | $770 | $1,382 | $148,600 |
| 36 | O'Brien County | $770 | $1,382 | $158,900 |
| 37 | Greene County | $774 | $1,269 | $140,500 |
| 38 | Grundy County | $777 | $1,554 | $180,500 |
| 39 | Appanoose County | $779 | $1,118 | $119,800 |
| 40 | Chickasaw County | $779 | $1,437 | $164,400 |
| 41 | Butler County | $780 | $1,415 | $156,500 |
| 42 | Montgomery County | $782 | $1,091 | $109,900 |
| 43 | Hancock County | $784 | $1,184 | $129,300 |
| 44 | Monroe County | $787 | $1,271 | $135,900 |
| 45 | Wright County | $788 | $1,068 | $109,800 |
| 46 | Monona County | $795 | $1,129 | $122,600 |
| 47 | Osceola County | $796 | $1,128 | $123,800 |
| 48 | Louisa County | $797 | $1,256 | $137,600 |
| 49 | Clay County | $798 | $1,503 | $171,500 |
| 50 | Jackson County | $800 | $1,502 | $170,000 |
| 51 | Winneshiek County | $800 | $2,012 | $239,000 |
| 52 | Buchanan County | $802 | $1,524 | $171,400 |
| 53 | Lyon County | $802 | $1,791 | $215,600 |
| 54 | Shelby County | $810 | $1,398 | $156,200 |
| 55 | Fayette County | $813 | $1,209 | $130,800 |
| 56 | Hardin County | $814 | $1,082 | $113,000 |
| 57 | Lee County | $814 | $1,172 | $123,600 |
| 58 | Benton County | $815 | $1,731 | $198,400 |
| 59 | Mahaska County | $821 | $1,295 | $140,900 |
| 60 | Jasper County | $822 | $1,579 | $176,800 |
| 61 | Keokuk County | $822 | $1,067 | $112,200 |
| 62 | Guthrie County | $823 | $1,465 | $163,900 |
| 63 | Clinton County | $825 | $1,416 | $153,800 |
| 64 | Boone County | $826 | $1,693 | $191,200 |
| 65 | Buena Vista County | $835 | $1,323 | $146,900 |
| 66 | Clarke County | $836 | $1,454 | $160,200 |
| 67 | Cerro Gordo County | $840 | $1,411 | $154,100 |
| 68 | Bremer County | $844 | $1,803 | $207,200 |
| 69 | Hamilton County | $853 | $1,226 | $132,300 |
| 70 | Harrison County | $854 | $1,478 | $165,300 |
| 71 | Kossuth County | $859 | $1,213 | $135,100 |
| 72 | Cedar County | $860 | $1,723 | $199,700 |
| 73 | Marshall County | $860 | $1,256 | $134,100 |
| 74 | Washington County | $862 | $1,744 | $199,600 |
| 75 | Poweshiek County | $864 | $1,615 | $184,200 |
| 76 | Plymouth County | $865 | $1,842 | $218,600 |
| 77 | Tama County | $865 | $1,287 | $139,900 |
| 78 | Davis County | $878 | $1,350 | $146,000 |
| 79 | Marion County | $880 | $1,823 | $211,100 |
| 80 | Jefferson County | $881 | $1,466 | $161,200 |
| 81 | Mills County | $888 | $1,990 | $228,700 |
| 82 | Sioux County | $888 | $1,984 | $235,600 |
| 83 | Des Moines County | $908 | $1,281 | $137,000 |
| 84 | Adams County | $909 | $1,097 | $116,900 |
| 85 | Linn County | $915 | $1,834 | $204,400 |
| 86 | Dickinson County | $930 | $2,068 | $251,600 |
| 87 | Madison County | $938 | $2,073 | $236,900 |
| 88 | Dubuque County | $944 | $1,932 | $226,100 |
| 89 | Woodbury County | $946 | $1,549 | $172,000 |
| 90 | Wapello County | $950 | $1,101 | $112,900 |
| 91 | Scott County | $958 | $1,873 | $212,500 |
| 92 | Black Hawk County | $962 | $1,639 | $182,400 |
| 93 | Muscatine County | $966 | $1,562 | $172,400 |
| 94 | Pottawattamie County | $970 | $1,661 | $183,600 |
| 95 | Warren County | $975 | $2,188 | $252,800 |
| 96 | Story County | $1,019 | $2,109 | $243,600 |
| 97 | Johnson County | $1,104 | $2,520 | $293,100 |
| 98 | Polk County | $1,113 | $2,206 | $248,400 |
| 99 | Dallas County | $1,239 | $2,808 | $333,400 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
Nationwide
Lowest Rents across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Iowa