Iowa places ranked by rental vacancy rate
57 places in Iowa have a reliable estimate of rental vacancy rate (2020–2024 American Community Survey).
Highest figures: Boone (14.0%), Clarinda (12.3%), Anamosa (12.1%).
Lowest figure: Winterset (0.0%).
The figure for Iowa as a whole is 5.7% (±0.3 points).
Figures last updated on .
- Figure for Iowa as a whole
- 5.7% (±0.3 points)
- Places ranked
- 57
Iowa places ranked by rental vacancy rate
| Rank | Place | County | Rental vacancy rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boone | Boone County | 14.0% (±7.8 points) |
| 2 | Clarinda | Page County | 12.3% (±8.8 points) |
| 3 | Anamosa | Jones County | 12.1% (±10.4 points) |
| 4 | Knoxville | Marion County | 11.4% (±10.9 points) |
| 5 | Ottumwa | Wapello County | 11.0% (±3.4 points) |
| 6 | Indianola | Warren County | 10.6% (±5.7 points) |
| 7 | Independence | Buchanan County | 10.3% (±7.6 points) |
| 8 (tie) | Johnston | Polk County | 10.0% (±5.7 points) |
| 8 (tie) | Marion | Linn County | 10.0% (±5.0 points) |
| 10 (tie) | Cedar Rapids | Linn County | 9.7% (±1.8 points) |
| 10 (tie) | Webster City | Hamilton County | 9.7% (±8.9 points) |
| 12 | Spencer | Clay County | 9.4% (±6.6 points) |
| 13 | Mount Pleasant | Henry County | 8.6% (±6.2 points) |
| 14 | Keokuk | Lee County | 8.4% (±4.8 points) |
| 15 | Decorah | Winneshiek County | 8.2% (±7.2 points) |
| 16 | Urbandale | Polk County | 7.9% (±3.3 points) |
| 17 (tie) | Iowa City | Johnson County | 7.8% (±2.1 points) |
| 17 (tie) | Newton | Jasper County | 7.8% (±4.6 points) |
| 17 (tie) | Storm Lake | Buena Vista County | 7.8% (±6.6 points) |
| 20 | Ankeny | Polk County | 7.7% (±3.5 points) |
| 21 | Cedar Falls | Black Hawk County | 7.5% (±3.7 points) |
| 22 | Atlantic | Cass County | 7.4% (±5.5 points) |
| 23 | Waukee | Dallas County | 7.1% (±4.2 points) |
| 24 (tie) | Ames | Story County | 6.7% (±2.3 points) |
| 24 (tie) | Clinton | Clinton County | 6.7% (±3.7 points) |
| 26 (tie) | Marshalltown | Marshall County | 6.4% (±3.4 points) |
| 26 (tie) | Waterloo | Black Hawk County | 6.4% (±1.6 points) |
| 28 (tie) | Clive | Polk County | 6.1% (±4.2 points) |
| 28 (tie) | Muscatine | Muscatine County | 6.1% (±3.9 points) |
| 30 | Fort Madison | Lee County | 6.0% (±5.5 points) |
| 31 | Davenport | Scott County | 5.9% (±1.5 points) |
| 32 | Perry | Dallas County | 5.6% (±5.0 points) |
| 33 (tie) | Coralville | Johnson County | 5.3% (±3.0 points) |
| 33 (tie) | Waverly | Bremer County | 5.3% (±4.7 points) |
| 35 | West Des Moines | Polk County | 5.1% (±2.3 points) |
| 36 | Des Moines | Polk County | 5.0% (±1.1 points) |
| 37 (tie) | Burlington | Des Moines County | 4.6% (±3.6 points) |
| 37 (tie) | Creston | Union County | 4.6% (±4.5 points) |
| 39 | Pella | Marion County | 4.4% (±4.1 points) |
| 40 (tie) | Mason City | Cerro Gordo County | 4.3% (±2.6 points) |
| 40 (tie) | Sioux City | Woodbury County | 4.3% (±1.7 points) |
| 42 | Bettendorf | Scott County | 4.1% (±2.8 points) |
| 43 | Fort Dodge | Webster County | 3.9% (±2.3 points) |
| 44 | Oskaloosa | Mahaska County | 3.7% (±3.6 points) |
| 45 | Dubuque | Dubuque County | 2.5% (±1.2 points) |
| 46 (tie) | Chariton | Lucas County | 1.7% (±2.4 points) |
| 46 (tie) | Grimes | Polk County | 1.7% (±2.0 points) |
| 48 | Council Bluffs | Pottawattamie County | 1.6% (±1.1 points) |
| 49 | Spirit Lake | Dickinson County | 0.1% (±1.0 points) |
| 50 (tie) | Adel | Dallas County | 0.0% (±3.0 points) |
| 50 (tie) | Centerville | Appanoose County | 0.0% (±2.3 points) |
| 50 (tie) | Clear Lake | Cerro Gordo County | 0.0% (±2.9 points) |
| 50 (tie) | Denison | Crawford County | 0.0% (±2.7 points) |
| 50 (tie) | Evansdale | Black Hawk County | 0.0% (±2.9 points) |
| 50 (tie) | Iowa Falls | Hardin County | 0.0% (±2.9 points) |
| 50 (tie) | Manchester | Delaware County | 0.0% (±2.9 points) |
| 50 (tie) | Winterset | Madison County | 0.0% (±2.9 points) |
How this ranking is built
A place is included when its own page for this figure is published as reliable: a coefficient of variation of 30% or less and enough surveyed homes.
57 places qualify; the rest are on their own pages with their margins, but not ranked here.
The ranking orders the estimates alone: where two places’ margins of error overlap, their ranks may not truly differ, and places at the same published figure share a rank.
A median published as a bound (“$3,500 or more”) is placed at the bound; its true place may be higher.
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Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates).
Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.
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Questions about Iowa
Which place in Iowa has the highest rental vacancy rate?
Boone has the highest, 14.0% (±7.8 points) (2020–2024 American Community Survey).
Which place in Iowa has the lowest rental vacancy rate?
Winterset has the lowest, 0.0% (±2.9 points).
What is the rental vacancy rate in Iowa?
The figure for Iowa as a whole is 5.7% (±0.3 points).
Sources
- US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates; each place’s own table is linked from its page
- Selected Housing Characteristics (DP04), 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates — Iowa
This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.
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