housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Decatur 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 | $611 | ± $76 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $663 | ± $113 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $621 | ± $53 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $571 | ± $73 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $113,900 | ± $6,899 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $109,500 | ± $6,870 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $97,000 | ± $8,605 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $87,900 | ± $6,604 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 19.7 % | ± 5.0 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 19.6 % | ± 6.0 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 19.1 % | ± 5.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 20.2 % | ± 9.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Decatur County is $611, 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.