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Rent & Home Prices in Iowa

94 metro areas · Sorted by average 2BR rent

Iowa has 94 rental markets tracked by HUD Fair Market Rents. The average 2-bedroom apartment across Iowa costs $912/month in 2026. Plymouth County is among the most affordable metros with 2-bedroom rents averaging $715/month, while Omaha has some of the highest rents in the state at $1,261/month. Use the table below to compare rent prices across all Iowa metro areas by bedroom size. Data is sourced from HUD Fair Market Rents and updated annually.

#City / MetroStudio1BR2BR3BR4BRPop.
1Plymouth County
Plymouth County, IA HUD Metro FMR Area
$472$592$715$1,023$1,05325,699
2Jasper County
Jasper County, IA
$558$583$768$1,048$1,20637,864
3Boone County
Boone County, IA
$572$626$788$1,037$1,22626,669
4Winnebago County
Winnebago County, IA
$646$684$877$1,182$1,31810,648
5Webster County
Webster County, IA
$664$668$877$1,155$1,47336,848
6Wayne County
Wayne County, IA
$646$712$877$1,057$1,1636,518
7Benton County
Benton County, IA HUD Metro FMR Area
$601$668$877$1,140$1,28425,698
8Van Buren County
Van Buren County, IA
$646$792$877$1,110$1,4317,236
9Union County
Union County, IA
$646$668$877$1,158$1,16312,038
10Taylor County
Taylor County, IA
$646$668$877$1,057$1,1635,901
11Jones County
Jones County, IA HUD Metro FMR Area
$601$696$877$1,158$1,16320,799
12Wright County
Wright County, IA
$646$668$877$1,057$1,16312,817
13Shelby County
Shelby County, IA
$646$732$877$1,229$1,33311,757
14Sac County
Sac County, IA
$739$744$877$1,161$1,1659,759
15Ringgold County
Ringgold County, IA
$646$733$877$1,057$1,1634,664
16Pocahontas County
Pocahontas County, IA
$646$668$877$1,057$1,1637,040
17Palo Alto County
Palo Alto County, IA
$646$668$877$1,158$1,1638,902
18Page County
Page County, IA
$646$668$877$1,107$1,25715,168
19Osceola County
Osceola County, IA
$646$676$877$1,158$1,1636,114
20O'Brien County
O'Brien County, IA
$646$668$877$1,158$1,16314,103
21Montgomery County
Montgomery County, IA
$646$792$877$1,096$1,21810,254
22Monroe County
Monroe County, IA
$646$668$877$1,158$1,1637,546
23Monona County
Monona County, IA
$646$668$877$1,057$1,4288,619
24Mitchell County
Mitchell County, IA
$646$696$877$1,057$1,16310,548
25Adair County
Adair County, IA
$646$668$877$1,158$1,1637,471
26Allamakee County
Allamakee County, IA
$646$696$877$1,185$1,27614,038
27Clarke County
Clarke County, IA
$646$728$877$1,158$1,1639,690
28Worth County
Worth County, IA
$646$668$877$1,229$1,4267,380
29Winneshiek County
Winneshiek County, IA
$646$668$877$1,158$1,16319,972
30Cherokee County
Cherokee County, IA
$646$792$877$1,229$1,47311,587
31Clayton County
Clayton County, IA
$646$668$877$1,066$1,16317,069
32Clay County
Clay County, IA
$646$697$877$1,158$1,16316,446
33Chickasaw County
Chickasaw County, IA
$665$722$877$1,229$1,32911,868
34Lyon County
Lyon County, IA
$646$728$877$1,057$1,17012,087
35Appanoose County
Appanoose County, IA
$646$668$877$1,057$1,26812,242
36Louisa County
Louisa County, IA
$601$668$877$1,080$1,16310,710
37Audubon County
Audubon County, IA
$646$792$877$1,057$1,1635,622
38Kossuth County
Kossuth County, IA
$646$693$877$1,057$1,20914,610
39Keokuk County
Keokuk County, IA
$646$742$877$1,110$1,1639,964
40Jackson County
Jackson County, IA
$646$668$877$1,126$1,16319,429
41Iowa County
Iowa County, IA
$646$668$877$1,229$1,35816,547
42Ida County
Ida County, IA
$646$669$877$1,057$1,1636,944
43Humboldt County
Humboldt County, IA
$646$737$877$1,229$1,2839,573
44Howard County
Howard County, IA
$646$792$877$1,229$1,3829,459
45Hardin County
Hardin County, IA
$646$668$877$1,159$1,26916,729
46Hancock County
Hancock County, IA
$646$716$877$1,182$1,47310,718
47Butler County
Butler County, IA
$646$668$877$1,057$1,32014,301
48Greene County
Greene County, IA
$646$668$877$1,229$1,4348,722
49Fremont County
Fremont County, IA
$646$685$877$1,229$1,3976,570
50Franklin County
Franklin County, IA
$646$668$877$1,158$1,4509,977
51Floyd County
Floyd County, IA
$664$668$877$1,150$1,16315,502
52Fayette County
Fayette County, IA
$646$684$877$1,135$1,47319,393
53Emmet County
Emmet County, IA
$646$745$877$1,229$1,3239,316
54Calhoun County
Calhoun County, IA
$646$688$877$1,108$1,1639,858
55Carroll County
Carroll County, IA
$601$726$877$1,104$1,16320,677
56Delaware County
Delaware County, IA
$646$792$877$1,057$1,16317,549
57Decatur County
Decatur County, IA
$646$668$877$1,057$1,4737,669
58Cass County
Cass County, IA
$646$680$877$1,229$1,40113,115
59Crawford County
Crawford County, IA
$646$759$877$1,160$1,41816,289
60Washington County
Washington County, IA HUD Metro FMR Area
$662$674$882$1,102$1,17322,539
61Henry County
Henry County, IA
$656$678$890$1,211$1,37520,228
62Mahaska County
Mahaska County, IA
$616$685$899$1,083$1,19222,045
63Plymouth County
Plymouth County, IA
$672$730$900$1,227$1,26025,699
64Sioux County
Sioux County, IA
$703$719$904$1,190$1,23235,984
65Tama County
Tama County, IA
$674$697$915$1,102$1,33216,982
66Cerro Gordo County
Cerro Gordo County, IA
$701$706$917$1,175$1,39942,785
67Bremer County
Bremer County, IA HUD Metro FMR Area
$656$701$920$1,196$1,22025,118
68Jasper County
Jasper County, IA HUD Metro FMR Area
$707$711$920$1,265$1,293720,331
69Lee County
Lee County, IA
$632$702$921$1,216$1,22133,175
70Buchanan County
Buchanan County, IA
$697$702$921$1,218$1,25020,645
71Adams County
Adams County, IA
$679$703$922$1,147$1,2223,641
72Cedar County
Cedar County, IA
$685$709$930$1,170$1,23318,427
73Boone County
Boone County, IA HUD Metro FMR Area
$714$719$930$1,303$1,315125,261
74Poweshiek County
Poweshiek County, IA
$688$840$934$1,234$1,23818,582
75Clinton County
Clinton County, IA
$673$723$948$1,158$1,39046,383
76Buena Vista County
Buena Vista County, IA
$722$727$954$1,169$1,26520,684
77Hamilton County
Hamilton County, IA
$704$753$955$1,151$1,26614,893
78Marshall County
Marshall County, IA
$706$735$958$1,265$1,27039,971
79Davis County
Davis County, IA
$716$740$971$1,170$1,2879,127
80Marion County
Marion County, IA
$669$769$976$1,176$1,29433,551
81Lucas County
Lucas County, IA
$720$745$977$1,177$1,2958,685
82Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, IA HUD Metro FMR Area
$681$757$993$1,391$1,668275,960
83Dubuque
Dubuque, IA MSA
$722$763$996$1,315$1,67398,948
84Waterloo
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA HUD Metro FMR Area
$684$760$997$1,301$1,674168,163
85Wapello County
Wapello County, IA
$750$776$1,018$1,271$1,46735,265
86Muscatine County
Muscatine County, IA
$760$811$1,031$1,337$1,55542,735
87Jefferson County
Jefferson County, IA
$781$787$1,032$1,243$1,36815,676
88Sioux City
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD MSA
$715$818$1,043$1,257$1,383144,007
89Ames
Ames, IA HUD Metro FMR Area
$875$951$1,056$1,476$1,773125,261
90Dickinson County
Dickinson County, IA
$800$806$1,057$1,273$1,40117,844
91Des Moines County
Des Moines County, IA
$735$817$1,072$1,324$1,42138,597
92Iowa City
Iowa City, IA HUD Metro FMR Area
$816$921$1,105$1,548$1,856177,420
93Des Moines
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA HUD Metro FMR Area
$954$1,017$1,216$1,632$1,638720,331
94Omaha
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA HUD Metro FMR Area
$990$1,052$1,261$1,675$1,864972,840
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