housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Hardin 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 | $795 | ± $42 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $814 | ± $54 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $752 | ± $71 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $706 | ± $36 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $122,500 | ± $7,470 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $113,000 | ± $5,476 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $109,300 | ± $5,249 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $97,200 | ± $4,192 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 26.4 % | ± 3.2 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 27.7 % | ± 3.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 26.4 % | ± 3.9 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 25.8 % | ± 2.6 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Hardin County is $795, 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.