housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Jefferson 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 | $883 | ± $67 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $881 | ± $58 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $838 | ± $70 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $793 | ± $92 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $163,400 | ± $8,367 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $161,200 | ± $12,070 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $141,500 | ± $14,639 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $119,500 | ± $13,445 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.7 % | ± 7.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 34.3 % | ± 5.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 32.5 % | ± 4.1 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 32.0 % | ± 4.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Jefferson County is $883, 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.
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