housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Hamilton 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 | $877 | ± $51 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $853 | ± $49 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $830 | ± $42 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $769 | ± $32 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $156,400 | ± $11,246 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $132,300 | ± $12,453 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $116,000 | ± $9,546 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $105,600 | ± $7,486 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 20.5 % | ± 3.4 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 22.2 % | ± 3.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 21.1 % | ± 2.4 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 21.3 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Hamilton County is $877, 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.