housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Monroe 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 | $798 | ± $171 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $787 | ± $159 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $723 | ± $154 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $635 | ± $141 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $156,300 | ± $13,605 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $135,900 | ± $12,747 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $128,000 | ± $12,365 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $115,000 | ± $14,346 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 31.6 % | ± 6.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 32.8 % | ± 3.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 33.7 % | ± 3.7 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 33.0 % | ± 4.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Monroe County is $798, 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.