housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Franklin 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 | $696 | ± $106 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $649 | ± $143 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $707 | ± $93 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $666 | ± $59 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $124,100 | ± $15,776 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $118,500 | ± $10,697 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $108,200 | ± $13,292 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $94,200 | ± $8,622 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 19.4 % | ± 3.8 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 19.7 % | ± 4.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 19.6 % | ± 3.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 17.7 % | ± 2.9 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Franklin County is $696, 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.