housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Clay 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 | $811 | ± $77 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $798 | ± $52 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $752 | ± $69 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $718 | ± $60 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $178,600 | ± $10,755 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $171,500 | ± $12,468 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $151,400 | ± $10,527 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $134,000 | ± $8,804 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 26.3 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 25.8 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 26.2 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.2 % | ± 2.1 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Clay County is $811, 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.