# Counties in Iowa by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2027

All 99 values come from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research for 2027, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `fair_market_rent_0br`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for an efficiency (a unit with no separate bedroom) in the HUD area that contains the county. Gross rent is the rent plus all utilities paid by the tenant except telephone, cable or satellite television and internet. HUD sets Fair Market Rents at the 40th percentile of gross rents paid by recent movers for standard-quality rental units, from American Community Survey data brought forward to the fiscal year; until 2018 a few metropolitan areas were set at the 50th percentile. They set payment standards for Housing Choice Vouchers and rent ceilings in other HUD programs.
- Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars (https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/department-of-housing-and-urban-development
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Harrison County | 1,167 |
| 1 | Mills County | 1,167 |
| 1 | Pottawattamie County | 1,167 |
| 4 | Dallas County | 1,102 |
| 4 | Guthrie County | 1,102 |
| 4 | Madison County | 1,102 |
| 4 | Polk County | 1,102 |
| 4 | Warren County | 1,102 |
| 9 | Johnson County | 942 |
| 10 | Story County | 891 |
| 11 | Jefferson County | 832 |
| 12 | Woodbury County | 831 |
| 13 | Dickinson County | 829 |
| 14 | Muscatine County | 812 |
| 15 | Wapello County | 799 |
| 16 | Carroll County | 796 |
| 17 | Davis County | 792 |
| 18 | Sac County | 791 |
| 19 | Dubuque County | 788 |
| 20 | Scott County | 787 |
| 21 | Jasper County | 782 |
| 22 | Buena Vista County | 781 |
| 23 | Des Moines County | 769 |
| 24 | Black Hawk County | 763 |
| 24 | Boone County | 763 |
| 24 | Grundy County | 763 |
| 27 | Washington County | 761 |
| 28 | Plymouth County | 756 |
| 29 | Hamilton County | 746 |
| 30 | Cerro Gordo County | 744 |
| 31 | Sioux County | 741 |
| 32 | Linn County | 734 |
| 33 | Poweshiek County | 729 |
| 34 | Cedar County | 720 |
| 35 | Mahaska County | 718 |
| 36 | Bremer County | 712 |
| 36 | Buchanan County | 712 |
| 38 | Marion County | 711 |
| 39 | Adair County | 709 |
| 39 | Kossuth County | 709 |
| 41 | Lucas County | 706 |
| 41 | Van Buren County | 706 |
| 43 | Lyon County | 702 |
| 43 | Tama County | 702 |
| 45 | Wright County | 701 |
| 46 | Adams County | 700 |
| 47 | Fayette County | 698 |
| 47 | Marshall County | 698 |
| 49 | Allamakee County | 688 |
| 49 | Appanoose County | 688 |
| 49 | Audubon County | 688 |
| 49 | Butler County | 688 |
| 49 | Calhoun County | 688 |
| 49 | Cass County | 688 |
| 49 | Cherokee County | 688 |
| 49 | Chickasaw County | 688 |
| 49 | Clay County | 688 |
| 49 | Clayton County | 688 |
| 49 | Crawford County | 688 |
| 49 | Delaware County | 688 |
| 49 | Emmet County | 688 |
| 49 | Floyd County | 688 |
| 49 | Franklin County | 688 |
| 49 | Fremont County | 688 |
| 49 | Greene County | 688 |
| 49 | Hancock County | 688 |
| 49 | Hardin County | 688 |
| 49 | Howard County | 688 |
| 49 | Humboldt County | 688 |
| 49 | Ida County | 688 |
| 49 | Iowa County | 688 |
| 49 | Jackson County | 688 |
| 49 | Keokuk County | 688 |
| 49 | Louisa County | 688 |
| 49 | Mitchell County | 688 |
| 49 | Monona County | 688 |
| 49 | Monroe County | 688 |
| 49 | Montgomery County | 688 |
| 49 | O'Brien County | 688 |
| 49 | Osceola County | 688 |
| 49 | Page County | 688 |
| 49 | Palo Alto County | 688 |
| 49 | Ringgold County | 688 |
| 49 | Shelby County | 688 |
| 49 | Taylor County | 688 |
| 49 | Wayne County | 688 |
| 49 | Winnebago County | 688 |
| 49 | Winneshiek County | 688 |
| 49 | Worth County | 688 |
| 90 | Benton County | 684 |
| 91 | Lee County | 680 |
| 92 | Henry County | 667 |
| 92 | Webster County | 667 |
| 94 | Pocahontas County | 663 |
| 95 | Clarke County | 659 |
| 96 | Clinton County | 646 |
| 96 | Decatur County | 646 |
| 96 | Jones County | 646 |
| 96 | Union County | 646 |