housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Lee 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 | $835 | ± $40 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $814 | ± $47 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $782 | ± $41 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $762 | ± $35 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $141,400 | ± $10,936 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $123,600 | ± $7,214 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $121,000 | ± $6,253 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $102,800 | ± $7,289 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.6 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.6 % | ± 2.9 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 27.8 % | ± 3.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.5 % | ± 3.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Lee County is $835, 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.