housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Shelby 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 | $783 | ± $63 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $810 | ± $122 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $879 | ± $172 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $778 | ± $176 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $164,000 | ± $7,530 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $156,200 | ± $10,283 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $152,900 | ± $10,949 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $137,900 | ± $12,218 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.5 % | ± 5.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.4 % | ± 3.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 30.6 % | ± 3.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.9 % | ± 3.6 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Shelby County is $783, 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.