housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Mills 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 | $959 | ± $96 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $888 | ± $85 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $843 | ± $123 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $815 | ± $106 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $237,800 | ± $9,694 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $228,700 | ± $10,688 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $225,500 | ± $10,737 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $190,300 | ± $11,977 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 25.2 % | ± 3.5 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 24.9 % | ± 3.0 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 26.7 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.5 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Mills County is $959, 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.