housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Cedar 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 | $879 | ± $33 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $860 | ± $29 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $830 | ± $39 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $778 | ± $25 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $211,300 | ± $11,220 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $199,700 | ± $11,640 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $180,700 | ± $9,311 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $167,500 | ± $4,746 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.8 % | ± 5.2 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 27.5 % | ± 4.7 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 27.1 % | ± 3.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 25.0 % | ± 3.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Cedar County is $879, 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.