housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Buena Vista 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 | $894 | ± $53 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $835 | ± $49 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $781 | ± $41 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $737 | ± $33 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $159,500 | ± $10,332 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $146,900 | ± $7,995 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $138,100 | ± $11,004 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $126,300 | ± $9,592 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 21.3 % | ± 3.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 21.2 % | ± 4.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 22.2 % | ± 3.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 23.6 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Buena Vista County is $894, 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.
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