housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Palo Alto 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 | $638 | ± $41 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $599 | ± $51 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $631 | ± $74 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $547 | ± $50 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $123,200 | ± $12,218 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $119,300 | ± $7,532 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $117,000 | ± $8,558 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $110,800 | ± $9,884 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 24.1 % | ± 5.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 22.6 % | ± 3.7 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 23.0 % | ± 3.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 20.9 % | ± 2.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Palo Alto County is $638, 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.
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