housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Des Moines 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 | $904 | ± $71 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $908 | ± $43 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $882 | ± $49 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $826 | ± $37 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $136,500 | ± $6,983 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $137,000 | ± $7,131 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $135,300 | ± $7,521 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $119,800 | ± $7,743 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.9 % | ± 4.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 33.4 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 37.1 % | ± 6.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 34.3 % | ± 4.1 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Des Moines County is $904, 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.