housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Benton County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $826 | ± $142 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $815 | ± $76 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $766 | ± $73 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $683 | ± $54 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $208,200 | ± $11,797 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $198,400 | ± $10,561 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $189,000 | ± $8,699 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $166,100 | ± $7,140 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 25.5 % | ± 3.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 25.4 % | ± 3.0 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 23.6 % | ± 3.1 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 22.6 % | ± 3.2 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Benton County is $826, above the Iowa median of $820 across 99 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.