housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Linn 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 | $945 | ± $39 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $915 | ± $28 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $878 | ± $24 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $824 | ± $28 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $214,300 | ± $4,605 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $204,400 | ± $4,375 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $188,800 | ± $3,789 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $167,000 | ± $2,376 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 27.8 % | ± 1.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 27.6 % | ± 1.0 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 27.4 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.0 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Linn County is $945, 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.