2014 Fair Market Rent in Iowa

Average Fair Market Rent Prices in Iowa:

Studio / Efficiency	1-Bedroom	2-Bedroom	3-Bedroom	4-Bedroom
$422	$487	$623	$836	$936
0-BR	1-BR	2-BR	3-BR	4-BR

Iowa (IA) has the 50th highest rent in the country out of 54 states and territories. The Fair Market Rent in Iowa ranges from $579 for a 2-bedroom apartment in Allamakee County, IA to $851 for a 2-bedroom unit in Iowa City, IA HUD Metro FMR Area.

For FY 2014, the Iowa City, IA HUD Metro FMR Area (Johnson County) rent for a studio or efficiency is $558 per month and $1,507 per month to rent a house or an apartment with 4 bedrooms. The average Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom home in Iowa is $623 per month.

Approximately 15% of Americans qualify for some level of housing assistance. The population in Iowa is around 3,046,355 people. So, there are around 456,953 people in Iowa who could be receiving housing benefits from the HUD.

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What is Fair Market Rent?

Fair Market Rent is determined each fiscal year by the HUD and is used to set payment standards for federal housing assistance programs in Iowa. Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile of typical rentals in a given region. Learn more

Iowa Fair Market Rent Map

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Lookup FMR by Zip Code FHA Loan Limits in Iowa

County	0 BR	1 BR	2 BR	3 BR	4 BR	Est. Population
Adair County	$419	$458	$619	$863	$866	7,682
Adams County	$423	$461	$624	$777	$862	4,029
Allamakee County	$392	$488	$579	$853	$886	14,330
Appanoose County	$425	$428	$579	$734	$774	12,887
Audubon County	$392	$466	$579	$721	$956	6,119
Benton County Metro	$422	$469	$579	$752	$923	26,076
Black Hawk County Metro	$495	$573	$720	$957	$1,275	131,090
Boone County	$374	$464	$628	$823	$975	26,306
Bremer County Metro	$446	$480	$650	$888	$892	24,276
Buchanan County	$432	$435	$579	$750	$939	20,958
Buena Vista County	$413	$480	$610	$768	$888	20,260
Butler County	$392	$488	$579	$853	$884	14,867
Calhoun County	$392	$443	$579	$784	$787	9,670
Carroll County	$458	$461	$579	$721	$827	20,816
Cass County	$386	$474	$579	$784	$834	13,956
Cedar County	$430	$469	$635	$822	$896	18,499
Cerro Gordo County	$396	$492	$666	$871	$890	44,151
Cherokee County	$392	$434	$579	$721	$774	12,072
Chickasaw County	$392	$470	$579	$853	$856	12,439
Clarke County	$434	$474	$641	$798	$1,135	9,286
Clay County	$392	$428	$579	$782	$939	16,667
Clayton County	$410	$488	$579	$816	$936	18,129
Clinton County	$386	$499	$624	$791	$993	49,116
Crawford County	$392	$488	$579	$747	$1,025	17,096
Dallas County Metro	$525	$631	$783	$1,090	$1,161	66,135
Davis County	$421	$499	$622	$775	$859	8,753
Decatur County	$432	$454	$579	$853	$1,025	8,457
Delaware County	$468	$474	$579	$842	$863	17,764
Des Moines County	$501	$504	$682	$849	$918	40,325
Dickinson County	$408	$445	$602	$847	$854	16,667
Dubuque County Metro	$452	$559	$725	$972	$1,129	93,653
Emmet County	$418	$489	$617	$780	$852	10,302
Fayette County	$361	$487	$579	$744	$783	20,880
Floyd County	$392	$448	$579	$816	$818	16,303
Franklin County	$425	$428	$579	$808	$990	10,680
Fremont County	$392	$470	$579	$805	$883	7,441
Greene County	$400	$436	$590	$735	$1,045	9,336
Grundy County Metro	$495	$573	$720	$957	$1,275	12,453
Guthrie County Metro	$525	$631	$783	$1,090	$1,161	10,954
Hamilton County	$442	$482	$652	$812	$1,066	15,673
Hancock County	$392	$428	$579	$721	$842	11,341
Hardin County	$392	$446	$579	$723	$774	17,534
Harrison County Metro	$470	$629	$790	$1,059	$1,177	14,928
Henry County	$405	$482	$598	$829	$832	20,145
Howard County	$392	$428	$579	$721	$774	9,566
Humboldt County	$392	$428	$579	$816	$819	9,815
Ida County	$392	$439	$579	$769	$774	7,089
Iowa County	$392	$456	$579	$853	$994	16,355
Jackson County	$392	$488	$579	$853	$856	19,848
Jasper County	$390	$501	$655	$831	$919	36,842
Jefferson County	$433	$477	$639	$796	$854	16,843
Johnson County Metro	$558	$668	$851	$1,254	$1,507	130,882
Jones County Metro	$344	$428	$579	$798	$905	20,638
Keokuk County	$392	$440	$579	$806	$809	10,511
Kossuth County	$392	$428	$579	$769	$811	15,543
Lee County	$399	$435	$589	$808	$811	35,862
Linn County Metro	$390	$484	$655	$887	$987	211,226
Louisa County	$419	$462	$618	$770	$954	11,387
Lucas County	$392	$428	$579	$761	$973	8,898
Lyon County	$392	$483	$579	$721	$991	11,581
Madison County Metro	$525	$631	$783	$1,090	$1,161	15,679
Mahaska County	$451	$454	$585	$748	$899	22,381
Marion County	$566	$577	$701	$873	$1,242	33,309
Marshall County	$438	$508	$625	$807	$888	40,648
Mills County Metro	$470	$629	$790	$1,059	$1,177	15,059
Mitchell County	$392	$488	$579	$853	$856	10,776
Monona County	$392	$428	$579	$773	$776	9,243
Monroe County	$401	$438	$592	$737	$818	7,970
Montgomery County	$425	$428	$579	$842	$845	10,740
Muscatine County	$483	$527	$713	$978	$1,057	42,745
O'Brien County	$429	$471	$579	$839	$842	14,398
Osceola County	$416	$501	$614	$765	$821	6,462
Page County	$392	$452	$579	$788	$791	15,932
Palo Alto County	$392	$486	$579	$853	$1,025	9,421
Plymouth County	$423	$496	$625	$866	$869	24,986
Pocahontas County	$392	$449	$579	$721	$1,025	7,310
Polk County Metro	$525	$631	$783	$1,090	$1,161	430,640
Pottawattamie County Metro	$470	$629	$790	$1,059	$1,177	93,158
Poweshiek County	$437	$516	$645	$847	$898	18,914
Ringgold County	$392	$469	$579	$726	$878	5,131
Sac County	$347	$434	$579	$750	$774	10,350
Scott County Metro	$431	$533	$683	$921	$969	165,224
Shelby County	$392	$447	$579	$750	$870	12,167
Sioux County	$392	$457	$579	$794	$797	33,704
Story County Metro	$491	$575	$717	$1,014	$1,186	89,542
Tama County	$404	$441	$596	$746	$871	17,767
Taylor County	$392	$488	$579	$853	$856	6,317
Union County	$392	$432	$579	$777	$945	12,534
Van Buren County	$392	$488	$579	$813	$816	7,570
Wapello County	$420	$495	$650	$830	$869	35,625
Warren County Metro	$525	$631	$783	$1,090	$1,161	46,225
Washington County Metro	$429	$512	$645	$950	$1,086	21,704
Wayne County	$392	$428	$579	$853	$856	6,403
Webster County	$466	$469	$579	$823	$858	38,013
Winnebago County	$392	$460	$579	$853	$886	10,866
Winneshiek County	$425	$428	$579	$757	$1,025	21,056
Woodbury County Metro	$414	$541	$696	$914	$1,027	102,172
Worth County	$383	$488	$579	$733	$774	7,598
Wright County	$392	$456	$579	$721	$774	13,229

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