housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Black Hawk 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 | $989 | ± $20 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $962 | ± $21 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $932 | ± $22 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $844 | ± $19 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $188,900 | ± $4,988 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $182,400 | ± $4,361 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $172,500 | ± $3,720 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $155,400 | ± $3,095 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.5 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.1 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 30.0 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.6 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Black Hawk County is $989, 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.