housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Howard 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 | $713 | ± $28 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $699 | ± $68 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $708 | ± $122 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $646 | ± $119 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $147,800 | ± $14,899 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $133,900 | ± $15,619 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $125,100 | ± $10,204 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $113,800 | ± $10,710 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 19.9 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 19.1 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 22.9 % | ± 4.7 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 23.4 % | ± 4.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Howard County is $713, 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.