housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Union 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 | $721 | ± $66 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $683 | ± $55 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $712 | ± $55 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $676 | ± $47 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $122,000 | ± $7,392 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $117,800 | ± $6,135 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $113,800 | ± $8,068 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $109,200 | ± $7,459 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 25.5 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 25.4 % | ± 2.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 24.1 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 24.6 % | ± 2.7 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Union County is $721, 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.