housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Van Buren 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 | $622 | ± $183 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $686 | ± $123 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $661 | ± $144 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $558 | ± $41 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $114,600 | ± $15,520 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $118,800 | ± $12,759 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $107,700 | ± $10,503 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $97,500 | ± $11,381 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.3 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.0 % | ± 1.9 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 27.5 % | ± 3.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 26.1 % | ± 4.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Van Buren County is $622, 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.