county benchmark · Iowa
Rent as share of income, 2017-2021
Across 99 counties in Iowa. Every rank carries its margin of error.
Distribution
| Percentile | Value |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 20.1 % |
| 25th | 23.1 % |
| Median | 25.2 % |
| 75th | 27.4 % |
| 90th percentile | 28.5 % |
Highest counties
Des Moines County leads reliably only from rank 9 downwards. Its estimate range overlaps those of the ranks above 9, which therefore cannot be separated from it at 90 % confidence.
| Rank | County | Estimate | Range (90 %) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Moines County | 34.3 % | 30.2 % – 38.4 % | evidence → |
| 2 | Johnson County | 34.0 % | 32.4 % – 35.6 % | evidence → |
| 3 | Monroe County | 33.0 % | 28.7 % – 37.3 % | evidence → |
| 4 | Jefferson County | 32.0 % | 27.5 % – 36.5 % | evidence → |
| 5 | Story County | 31.6 % | 29.4 % – 33.8 % | evidence → |
| 6 | Dickinson County | 30.0 % | 25.0 % – 35.0 % | evidence → |
| 7 | Shelby County | 29.9 % | 26.3 % – 33.5 % | evidence → |
| 8 | Ringgold County | 29.5 % | 26.1 % – 32.9 % | evidence → |
| 9 | Black Hawk County | 28.6 % | 27.2 % – 30.0 % | evidence → |
| 10 | Clarke County | 28.5 % | 16.4 % – 40.6 % | evidence → |
| 11 | Wapello County | 28.5 % | 26.3 % – 30.7 % | evidence → |
| 12 | Fayette County | 28.4 % | 24.3 % – 32.5 % | evidence → |
| 13 | Carroll County | 28.3 % | 24.6 % – 32.0 % | evidence → |
| 14 | Cass County | 28.2 % | 25.5 % – 30.9 % | evidence → |
| 15 | Monona County | 28.2 % | 25.6 % – 30.8 % | evidence → |
| 16 | Appanoose County | 28.0 % | 23.9 % – 32.1 % | evidence → |
| 17 | Clinton County | 28.0 % | 26.5 % – 29.5 % | evidence → |
| 18 | Dubuque County | 27.9 % | 26.1 % – 29.7 % | evidence → |
| 19 | Pottawattamie County | 27.9 % | 26.4 % – 29.4 % | evidence → |
| 20 | Kossuth County | 27.8 % | 24.5 % – 31.1 % | evidence → |
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