housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Pottawattamie 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 | $1,018 | ± $33 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $970 | ± $33 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $956 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $879 | ± $21 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $195,700 | ± $4,560 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $183,600 | ± $5,035 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $169,400 | ± $3,065 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $149,500 | ± $3,681 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 27.6 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 27.6 % | ± 1.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.2 % | ± 1.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.9 % | ± 1.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Pottawattamie County is $1,018, 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.
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