housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Lucas 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 | $709 | ± $130 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $738 | ± $120 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $773 | ± $72 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $677 | ± $86 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $120,200 | ± $19,495 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $117,000 | ± $12,958 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $111,000 | ± $12,873 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $95,600 | ± $7,817 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 25.3 % | ± 2.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 26.5 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 25.3 % | ± 3.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 26.6 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Lucas County is $709, 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.