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Housing costs in O'Brien 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 | $868 | ± $94 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $770 | ± $93 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $691 | ± $79 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $634 | ± $32 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $173,100 | ± $9,272 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $158,900 | ± $9,123 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $141,900 | ± $12,274 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $122,900 | ± $9,467 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 21.4 % | ± 3.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 21.3 % | ± 3.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 23.7 % | ± 3.7 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 24.4 % | ± 5.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in O'Brien County is $868, 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.