housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Story 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 | ± $35 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,019 | ± $33 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $991 | ± $31 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $947 | ± $24 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $258,700 | ± $8,356 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $243,600 | ± $5,931 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $229,100 | ± $4,981 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $205,300 | ± $6,072 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.4 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 30.7 % | ± 1.9 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 30.8 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 31.6 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Story 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.