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Housing costs in Buchanan 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 | $848 | ± $68 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $802 | ± $57 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $788 | ± $59 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $746 | ± $69 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $176,000 | ± $8,421 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $171,400 | ± $5,180 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $166,200 | ± $5,974 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $146,900 | ± $6,099 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 24.9 % | ± 2.7 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 25.0 % | ± 3.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 24.4 % | ± 4.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 23.3 % | ± 3.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Buchanan County is $848, 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.