housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Clayton 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 | $790 | ± $34 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $764 | ± $35 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $738 | ± $57 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $680 | ± $56 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $168,500 | ± $5,186 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $155,700 | ± $7,121 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $149,500 | ± $6,940 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $136,000 | ± $8,462 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 27.3 % | ± 4.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 26.4 % | ± 3.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 25.2 % | ± 3.3 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 24.0 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Clayton County is $790, 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.