housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Butler 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 | $812 | ± $73 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $780 | ± $75 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $749 | ± $52 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $692 | ± $41 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $165,400 | ± $5,861 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $156,500 | ± $6,085 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $146,300 | ± $6,936 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $127,700 | ± $7,710 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 24.1 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 23.2 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 24.1 % | ± 2.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 24.0 % | ± 3.2 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Butler County is $812, below 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.