housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Boone 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 | $845 | ± $61 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $826 | ± $55 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $852 | ± $41 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $779 | ± $19 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $212,400 | ± $9,259 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $191,200 | ± $9,125 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $171,600 | ± $7,102 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $151,400 | ± $7,654 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 25.7 % | ± 2.9 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 23.6 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 24.9 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 24.4 % | ± 1.7 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Boone County is $845, 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.