county benchmark · Iowa
Rent as share of income, 2020-2024
Across 99 counties in Iowa. Every rank carries its margin of error.
Distribution
| Percentile | Value |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 20.7 % |
| 25th | 23.1 % |
| Median | 25.2 % |
| 75th | 27.9 % |
| 90th percentile | 29.6 % |
Highest counties
The order is not reliable. Every county in this list has an estimate range that overlaps the leader's. The spread is real; the ranking within it is not.
| Rank | County | Estimate | Range (90 %) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Osceola County | 35.4 % | 19.8 % – 51.0 % | evidence → |
| 2 | Johnson County | 33.1 % | 31.7 % – 34.5 % | evidence → |
| 3 | Montgomery County | 32.5 % | 23.6 % – 41.4 % | evidence → |
| 4 | Audubon County | 32.1 % | 22.4 % – 41.8 % | evidence → |
| 5 | Monroe County | 31.6 % | 25.3 % – 37.9 % | evidence → |
| 6 | Des Moines County | 30.9 % | 26.8 % – 35.0 % | evidence → |
| 7 | Jefferson County | 30.7 % | 23.6 % – 37.8 % | evidence → |
| 8 | Shelby County | 30.5 % | 25.2 % – 35.8 % | evidence → |
| 9 | Cedar County | 29.8 % | 24.6 % – 35.0 % | evidence → |
| 10 | Cass County | 29.6 % | 26.4 % – 32.8 % | evidence → |
| 11 | Cherokee County | 29.6 % | 26.3 % – 32.9 % | evidence → |
| 12 | Lee County | 29.6 % | 27.1 % – 32.1 % | evidence → |
| 13 | Black Hawk County | 29.5 % | 28.3 % – 30.7 % | evidence → |
| 14 | Story County | 29.4 % | 27.8 % – 31.0 % | evidence → |
| 15 | Van Buren County | 29.3 % | 26.8 % – 31.8 % | evidence → |
| 16 | Clinton County | 29.1 % | 26.9 % – 31.3 % | evidence → |
| 17 | Appanoose County | 28.8 % | 25.9 % – 31.7 % | evidence → |
| 18 | Wapello County | 28.8 % | 25.2 % – 32.4 % | evidence → |
| 19 | Clarke County | 28.7 % | 25.2 % – 32.2 % | evidence → |
| 20 | Jasper County | 28.7 % | 26.0 % – 31.4 % | evidence → |
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