county benchmark · Iowa
Rent as share of income, 2019-2023
Across 99 counties in Iowa. Every rank carries its margin of error.
Distribution
| Percentile | Value |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 19.9 % |
| 25th | 23.1 % |
| Median | 25.2 % |
| 75th | 27.5 % |
| 90th percentile | 28.8 % |
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 | Jefferson County | 34.3 % | 29.2 % – 39.4 % | evidence → |
| 2 | Johnson County | 33.6 % | 32.3 % – 34.9 % | evidence → |
| 3 | Des Moines County | 33.4 % | 30.6 % – 36.2 % | evidence → |
| 4 | Monroe County | 32.8 % | 29.6 % – 36.0 % | evidence → |
| 5 | Story County | 30.7 % | 28.8 % – 32.6 % | evidence → |
| 6 | Cass County | 29.7 % | 26.9 % – 32.5 % | evidence → |
| 7 | Osceola County | 29.5 % | 14.3 % – 44.7 % | evidence → |
| 8 | Audubon County | 29.3 % | 20.2 % – 38.4 % | evidence → |
| 9 | Black Hawk County | 29.1 % | 27.7 % – 30.5 % | evidence → |
| 10 | Ringgold County | 28.9 % | 25.7 % – 32.1 % | evidence → |
| 11 | Scott County | 28.8 % | 27.8 % – 29.8 % | evidence → |
| 12 | Cherokee County | 28.6 % | 25.8 % – 31.4 % | evidence → |
| 13 | Lee County | 28.6 % | 25.7 % – 31.5 % | evidence → |
| 14 | Wapello County | 28.5 % | 25.7 % – 31.3 % | evidence → |
| 15 | Shelby County | 28.4 % | 24.8 % – 32.0 % | evidence → |
| 16 | Clinton County | 28.3 % | 26.6 % – 30.0 % | evidence → |
| 17 | Fayette County | 28.3 % | 24.9 % – 31.7 % | evidence → |
| 18 | Jasper County | 28.3 % | 26.1 % – 30.5 % | evidence → |
| 19 | Van Buren County | 28.0 % | 26.1 % – 29.9 % | evidence → |
| 20 | Appanoose County | 27.8 % | 24.5 % – 31.1 % | evidence → |
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