housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Mahaska 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 | $793 | ± $80 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $821 | ± $47 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $773 | ± $41 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $696 | ± $49 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $157,800 | ± $8,064 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $140,900 | ± $12,904 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $135,100 | ± $12,063 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $118,600 | ± $4,609 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 22.9 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 21.9 % | ± 3.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 20.0 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 20.3 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Mahaska County is $793, 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.