What is the median rent in Iota, LA?

Name: Median rent in Iota, LA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Iota, LA is $491 (±$157) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 176 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Iota, the median gross rent went from $526 in 2015–2019 to $491 in 2020–2024 (−6.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $491 (±$157)
Rented homes: 176 (±73)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%
Since 2015–2019: −6.7%

How much rent costs in Iota

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Iota	Acadia Parish	Louisiana	United States
Less than $500	53.4% (±22.6 points)	28.6%	9.3%	6.3%
$500 to $999	42.6% (±21.5 points)	49.3%	35.1%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	4.0% (±6.3 points)	18.5%	36.3%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±22.3 points)	3.2%	13.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±22.3 points)	0.3%	3.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±22.3 points)	0.0%	0.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±22.3 points)	0.0%	0.9%	6.8%

The most common range is Less than $500, paid by 53.4% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Iota cost $2,000 or more a month.

Iota against Acadia Parish, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Iota	Acadia Parish	Louisiana	United States
Median gross rent	$491 (±$157)	$681 (±$63)	$1,064 (±$8)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	176 (±73)	6,180 (±582)	530,528 (±5,612)	42,849,984

In Iota, median gross rent is lower than in Acadia Parish ($681).

It is also lower than in Louisiana ($1,064).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Acadia Parish, Iota ranks 5 of 7 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 327 of 349.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Iota has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$526 (±$66)	$491 (±$157)	−6.7%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	38.3% (±10.5 points)	41.4% (±13.3 points)	+3.1 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	13.1% (±12.4 points)	0.0% (±18.9 points)	−13.1 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Iota

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Iota
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Iota	—	$491 (±$157)	—
Estherwood	10 mi	$748 (±$326)	Not measurably different
Crowley	10 mi	$594 (±$66)	Not measurably different
Mermentau	11 mi	$478 (±$71)	Not measurably different
Jennings	12 mi	$881 (±$86)	Higher
Eunice	12 mi	$799 (±$108)	Higher
Basile	13 mi	$900 (±$105)	Higher
Morse	14 mi	$491 (±$169)	Not measurably different
Rayne	15 mi	$828 (±$52)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Jennings, LA ($881), Eunice, LA ($799), Basile, LA ($900).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Acadia Parish, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Church Point	$862 (±$152)
2	Rayne	$828 (±$52)
3	Estherwood	$748 (±$326)
4	Crowley	$594 (±$66)
5 (tie)	Iota	$491 (±$157)
5 (tie)	Morse	$491 (±$169)
7	Mermentau	$478 (±$71)

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Iota

What is the average rent in Iota, LA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Iota is $491 (±$157) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Iota?

In Iota, the median gross rent went from $526 in 2015–2019 to $491 in 2020–2024 (−6.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Iota cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Iota have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 53.4% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Iota higher than in Acadia Parish?

In Iota, median gross rent is lower than in Acadia Parish ($681).

It is also lower than in Louisiana ($1,064).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Iota town, Louisiana (place:37410, in state:22).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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