County · Iowa

Iowa County, Iowa

Iowa County, Iowa has a quality-of-life score of 98 out of 100 (very high), ranking #77 of 3,143 US counties. Within Iowa it ranks #17 of 99 counties. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), food environment index (high) and mental health care shortage (low). It ranks worst on job growth (low), adult obesity (high) and effective property tax rate (high).

98Very high

Quality-of-life score: #77 of 3,143 counties
Iowa: #17 of 99 in IA
Population: 16,504 (2025)
Land area: 586 mi²
Density: 28.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 19095

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety86#418/3,096
Economy82#575/3,143
Housing88#382/3,140
Health80#641/3,144
Healthcare92#259/3,143
Environment64#1,124/3,108
Education76#751/3,144
Infrastructure83#537/3,144
Community97#90/3,144
Leisure & amenities89#349/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Iowa County, Iowa ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Time spent in the emergency room · low55 min
100/100Iowa 128 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Food environment index · high9.2
97/100Iowa 8.6United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Iowa 10.1United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Poverty rate · low7.1%
96/100Iowa 11.2%United States 12.1%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
96/100Iowa 9.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Child poverty rate · low7.7%
95/100Iowa 13.1%United States 15.5%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-12.9%
1/100Iowa -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Adult obesity · high43.1%
9/100Iowa 39.7%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Effective property tax rate · high1.19%
18/100Iowa 1.33%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
New homes permitted · low0.6 /1k
23/100Iowa 4.1 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Comfortable days · low24.0%
28/100Iowa 24.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
New business applications · low9.6 /1k
29/100Iowa 10.8 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.6 /10k (2020) → 1.2 /10k (2025)
+102%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
9.9 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Job growthWorsening
-0.8% (2021) → -12.9% (2026 Q1)
−12 pts5 yearsUS 3.4% → 0.1%
Drought exposureWorsening
16% (2021) → 26% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+11 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.8% (2015-2019) → 88.5% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Adult obesityWorsening
34.1% (2019) → 43.1% (2023)
+9 pts4 yearsUS 32.1% → 38.2%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Iowa County, Iowa improved on 8 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 19 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Bachelor's++6 points18.8% → 24.8%
Students / teacher−0.9×13.8× → 12.9×
Broadband+11 points77.8% → 88.5%
New businesses+41%6.8 /1k → 9.6 /1k
Weekly wage+20%$821 → $989

Declined2

Property crime+38%377 /100k → 522 /100k
Uninsured+1.2 points4.1% → 5.3%

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Iowa County, Iowa between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	7.8 /10k2020	6.7 /10k2025	−15%	Within the margin of error	17%
Average commute time	23.4 min2015-2019	22.2 min2020-2024	−1.2 min	Within the margin of error	81%
Average weekly wage	$8212020	$9892025	+20%	Improved	26%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	+6 points	Improved	91%
Broadband subscriptions	77.8%2015-2019	88.5%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	56%
Child poverty rate	8.2%2019	7.7%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Distance to an airport	22 mi2020	22 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	1.25%2015-2019	1.19%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Firearm deaths	13.1 /100k2020	12.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−6.9%	Within the margin of error	60%
Grocery stores	1.8 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	+35%	Within the margin of error	92%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+102%	Within the margin of error	96%
High school diploma or higher	93.8%2015-2019	95.5%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	68%
Income adjusted for local prices	$59,5712019	$75,4742024	+27%	Improved	19%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4432015-2019	0.4132020-2024	−0.030	Within the margin of error	89%
Median household income	$66,8612019	$78,4652024	+17%	Improved	15%
New business applications	6.8 /1k2020	9.6 /1k2025	+41%	Improved	46%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−33%	Within the margin of error	13%
Poverty rate	6.7%2019	7.1%2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Property crime rate	377 /100k2020	522 /100k2025	+38%	Declined	3%
Public libraries	3.1 /10k2019	3.0 /10k2024	−2%	Within the margin of error	43%
Rent as share of income	21.8%2015-2019	22.1%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Rent-burdened households	31.1%2015-2019	26.9%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Restaurants and bars	10.8 /10k2020	10.3 /10k2025	−4.6%	Within the margin of error	36%
Students per teacher	13.8×2019	12.9×2024	−0.9×	Improved	58%
Suicide rate	16.7 /100k2020	17.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+6%	Within the margin of error	43%
Traffic deaths	34.6 /100k2015-2019	25.4 /100k2020-2024	−27%	Within the margin of error	84%
Unemployment rate	4.8%2020	3.8%2025	−1 points	Improved	13%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.1%2019	5.3%2024	+1.2 points	Declined	7%
Violent crime rate	200 /100k2020	135 /100k2025	−33%	Within the margin of error	71%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Iowa County, Iowa five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Iowa County, Iowa in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Iowa County, Iowa itself moved +1.6 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

16,507 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

6,909 households (±127)

Iowa County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $25k11%789
$25k–50k21%1,417
$50k–75k21%1,425

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

6,909 households (±127)

Iowa County, Iowa
Iowa share

Own77%5,292
Rent23%1,617

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−3.8 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

8,452 workers (±252)

Iowa County, Iowa
Iowa share

Drive alone83%7,011
Carpool5.8%492
Public transit0.1%†8

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Iowa County has 459 employer establishments, 279 for every 10,000 residents (1.13× the US rate of 248; 1.08× Iowa's), with 7,366 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,548. The Census Bureau also counts 1,213 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 459; 1,213 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 279; US 248 · Iowa 259
Paid employees: 7,366
Average annual pay: $46,548; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Iowa County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	44	26.8	1.73×More than typical	149	$56,141	122
Religious organizations	21	12.8	2.30×More than typical	75	$16,347	—
Ambulatory health care services	20	12.2	0.58×Fewer than typical	129	$56,853	29
Restaurants and other eating places	20	12.2	0.66×Fewer than typical	315	$21,143	8
Clothing and accessories stores	19	11.6	3.19×More than typical	232	$19,392	7
Construction of buildings	17	10.3	1.37×More than typical	28	$56,786	46
Building equipment contractors	16	9.7	1.62×More than typical	70	$44,629	19
Truck transportation	16	9.7	1.93×More than typical	71	$53,789	46
Automotive repair and maintenance	14	8.5	1.69×More than typical	62	$40,371	32
Insurance agencies and brokerages	14	8.5	1.94×More than typical	32	$47,469	24
Services to buildings and dwellings	14	8.5	1.26×More than typical	51	$44,000	83
Other specialty trade contractors	13	7.9	3.15×More than typical	29	$88,069	44

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 16,431 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $0 on contracts performed in Iowa County, Iowa: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

162.5KFY2017
194KFY2018
55.5KFY2019
-488.6FY2020
-50FY2021
29.1KFY2023

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $123.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Iowa County, Iowa: $7,487 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $123.6M; +2.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,487; US $12,955
Loan face value: $2.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 7.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$80.9M65%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$8.3M6.7%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$8.1M6.5%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$7.4M6.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$5.1M4.1%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$5M4.0%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$3.5M2.8%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$1.3M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$9.2M7.5%
AMES, IA
MARENGO PK APTS LP$244.9K0.2%
SPENCER, IA
IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH$175K0.1%
DES MOINES, IA
INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS$149.7K0.1%
MONTICELLO, IA
R S ENTERPRISES INC$132.4K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$94.4M76%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$9.3M7.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$9.2M7.5%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$8.2M6.6%
Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Assistance by fiscal year

107MFY2021
111.3MFY2022
109.6MFY2023
102.5MFY2024
120.2MFY2025
123.6MFY2026

County aggregates

84%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Iowa County, Iowa compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Iowa County, Iowa
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iowa County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iowa County, Iowa	United States
FY2017	$10.07	$1,436
FY2018	$12.01	$1,552
FY2019	$3.43	$1,654
FY2020	-$0.03	$1,880
FY2021	-$0.00	$1,810
FY2022	$0	$1,917
FY2023	$1.77	$2,079
FY2024	$0	$2,047
FY2025	$0	$2,165
FY2026	$0 (partial year)	$1,911

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iowa County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iowa County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$203	$5,748
FY2022	$469	$5,221
FY2023	$756	$5,364
FY2024	$79.40	$5,501
FY2025	$65.66	$5,732
FY2026	$574

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iowa County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iowa County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	-$28.05	$298
FY2022	$303	$357
FY2023	$612	$301
FY2024	$66.74	$319
FY2025	$47.50	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iowa County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iowa County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$14.60	$239
FY2022	$34.03	$185
FY2023	$28.01	$229
FY2024	$16.89	$229
FY2025	$15.97	$249
FY2026	$31.85

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iowa County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iowa County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$187	$2,304
FY2022	$145	$2,197
FY2023	$92.25	$2,274
FY2024	$10.62	$2,267
FY2025	$10.60	$2,397
FY2026	$6.60

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iowa County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iowa County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$1,310	$1,186
FY2022	$145	$465
FY2023	-$21.33	$76.52
FY2024	$0.73	$120
FY2025	$137	$148
FY2026	$0

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Iowa County, Iowa
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Iowa County, Iowa and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Iowa County, Iowa	United States
2014	2.5%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Transportation grants · FY2022

$303 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of -$28.05 (— that).

Compared with 7 similar counties

Iowa County, Iowa
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Job growth: change since 2021points

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/19095

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Iowa County, Iowa is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mariannette Miller-MeeksR-IA-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 3.9%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Iowa County

Places whose residents live mostly in Iowa County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/19095

Calendar years	Iowa County, Iowa	United States
2014	−2.2%	−4.2%
2015	−0.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+3.3%
2018	+2.6%	+6.8%
2019	+6.9%	+10.5%
2020	+13.1%	+19.4%
2021	+19.8%	+26.1%
2022	+28.0%	+30.6%
2023	+29.8%	+35.0%
2024	+33.5%	+41.0%
2025	+36.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Iowa County, Iowa	United States
2014	−0.5%	−5.5%
2015	−0.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.8%	+4.1%
2018	+7.7%	+8.9%
2019	+9.2%	+13.5%
2020	+14.6%	+20.8%
2021	+25.8%	+32.1%
2022	+28.3%	+35.4%
2023	+28.8%	+42.9%
2024	+32.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Iowa County, Iowa	United States
2014	1.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.4/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.3/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.8/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.7/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Iowa County, Iowa	United States
2014	+0.8%	−6.9%
2015	+9.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+10.9%	+4.7%
2018	+11.1%	+7.5%
2019	+15.7%	+14.0%
2020	+17.4%	+16.9%
2021	+15.3%	+21.0%
2022	+26.3%	+29.7%
2023	+30.5%	+34.9%
2024	+35.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Iowa County, Iowa	United States
2014	−9.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	−0.8% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	−0.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+7.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+15.1% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+25.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+40.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+43.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+51.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+58.2% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Iowa County, Iowa	United States
2014	4.2%	6.2%
2015	3.5%	5.3%
2016	3.5%	4.9%
2017	2.9%	4.4%
2018	2.4%	3.9%
2019	2.4%	3.7%
2020	4.8%	8.1%
2021	3.9%	5.4%
2022	2.9%	3.7%
2023	3.2%	3.6%
2024	3.3%	4.0%
2025	3.8%	4.3%

Calendar years	Iowa County, Iowa	United States
2014	7.5%	15.5%
2015	6.9%	14.7%
2016	7.2%	14.0%
2017	7.2%	13.4%
2018	7.4%	13.1%
2019	6.7%	12.3%
2020	6.4%	11.9%
2021	7.7%	12.8%
2022	7.4%	12.6%
2023	7.6%	12.5%
2024	7.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Iowa County, Iowa	United States
2014	5.9%	13.5%
2015	4.7%	10.9%
2016	4.0%	10.0%
2017	4.4%	10.2%
2018	4.3%	10.4%
2019	4.1%	10.8%
2020	4.3%	10.4%
2021	4.6%	10.2%
2022	4.4%	9.5%
2023	4.9%	9.5%
2024	5.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Iowa County, Iowa	United States
2014	5.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	9.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.8/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.6/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Iowa County, Iowa	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.4 points	−0.5 points	−2.2 points to +1.0 points
Year −2	−6.5 points	−3.9 points	−5.0 points to −1.1 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−2.9 points	+0.7 points	−0.1 points to +1.5 points
Year +1	+1.1 points	−0.4 points	−2.8 points to +2.2 points
Year +2	+0.2 points	+0.2 points	−2.5 points to +2.8 points

Year	Iowa County, Iowa	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.46 per 1,000 people	+0.23 per 1,000 people	−0.49 per 1,000 people to +1.18 per 1,000 people
Year −2	+0.48 per 1,000 people	−0.13 per 1,000 people	−0.21 per 1,000 people to 0.00 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people to 0.00 per 1,000 people
Year 0	+0.00 per 1,000 people	+0.36 per 1,000 people	−0.41 per 1,000 people to +1.06 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−0.05 per 1,000 people	−0.08 per 1,000 people	−0.62 per 1,000 people to +0.82 per 1,000 people
Year +2	+0.01 per 1,000 people	−0.47 per 1,000 people	−1.01 per 1,000 people to −0.08 per 1,000 people

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