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Housing costs in Hancock 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 | $736 | ± $26 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $784 | ± $75 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $782 | ± $145 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $717 | ± $116 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $141,400 | ± $15,613 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $129,300 | ± $13,181 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $116,000 | ± $8,691 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $99,600 | ± $9,205 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 23.6 % | ± 4.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 25.1 % | ± 7.0 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 22.2 % | ± 5.1 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 23.4 % | ± 6.1 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Hancock County is $736, 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.