# Counties in Iowa by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (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_1br`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for a one-bedroom unit 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: one bedroom, 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: one bedroom, 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-one-bedroom/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Harrison County | 1,219 |
| 1 | Mills County | 1,219 |
| 1 | Pottawattamie County | 1,219 |
| 4 | Dallas County | 1,145 |
| 4 | Guthrie County | 1,145 |
| 4 | Madison County | 1,145 |
| 4 | Polk County | 1,145 |
| 4 | Warren County | 1,145 |
| 9 | Johnson County | 1,002 |
| 10 | Woodbury County | 965 |
| 11 | Story County | 944 |
| 12 | Dubuque County | 891 |
| 13 | Muscatine County | 867 |
| 14 | Poweshiek County | 854 |
| 15 | Audubon County | 852 |
| 15 | Delaware County | 852 |
| 15 | Howard County | 852 |
| 15 | Montgomery County | 852 |
| 15 | Scott County | 852 |
| 20 | Des Moines County | 844 |
| 21 | Ida County | 839 |
| 22 | Black Hawk County | 838 |
| 22 | Grundy County | 838 |
| 22 | Jefferson County | 838 |
| 22 | Shelby County | 838 |
| 26 | Dickinson County | 834 |
| 27 | Marion County | 826 |
| 28 | Wapello County | 823 |
| 29 | Humboldt County | 820 |
| 30 | Winnebago County | 818 |
| 31 | Davis County | 815 |
| 32 | Kossuth County | 811 |
| 33 | Linn County | 806 |
| 34 | Carroll County | 801 |
| 34 | Mitchell County | 801 |
| 36 | Hamilton County | 796 |
| 36 | Sac County | 796 |
| 38 | Chickasaw County | 795 |
| 39 | Buena Vista County | 788 |
| 40 | Jasper County | 787 |
| 41 | Crawford County | 783 |
| 42 | Bremer County | 782 |
| 43 | Clarke County | 781 |
| 44 | Emmet County | 778 |
| 44 | Plymouth County | 778 |
| 46 | Iowa County | 770 |
| 47 | Boone County | 768 |
| 48 | Cherokee County | 767 |
| 49 | Keokuk County | 766 |
| 49 | Washington County | 766 |
| 51 | Sioux County | 764 |
| 52 | Allamakee County | 763 |
| 53 | Benton County | 751 |
| 54 | Hancock County | 750 |
| 55 | Cerro Gordo County | 749 |
| 56 | Lee County | 746 |
| 57 | Cedar County | 741 |
| 58 | Jones County | 734 |
| 59 | Calhoun County | 732 |
| 59 | Henry County | 732 |
| 61 | Adair County | 729 |
| 62 | Cass County | 727 |
| 62 | Lucas County | 727 |
| 64 | Van Buren County | 726 |
| 65 | Ringgold County | 725 |
| 66 | Mahaska County | 723 |
| 66 | Wayne County | 723 |
| 68 | Lyon County | 722 |
| 68 | Tama County | 722 |
| 68 | Wright County | 722 |
| 71 | Adams County | 721 |
| 71 | Clayton County | 721 |
| 73 | Fayette County | 719 |
| 73 | Marshall County | 719 |
| 75 | Buchanan County | 716 |
| 76 | Taylor County | 710 |
| 76 | Winneshiek County | 710 |
| 78 | Appanoose County | 709 |
| 78 | Butler County | 709 |
| 78 | Clay County | 709 |
| 78 | Clinton County | 709 |
| 78 | Decatur County | 709 |
| 78 | Floyd County | 709 |
| 78 | Franklin County | 709 |
| 78 | Fremont County | 709 |
| 78 | Greene County | 709 |
| 78 | Hardin County | 709 |
| 78 | Jackson County | 709 |
| 78 | Louisa County | 709 |
| 78 | Monona County | 709 |
| 78 | Monroe County | 709 |
| 78 | O'Brien County | 709 |
| 78 | Osceola County | 709 |
| 78 | Page County | 709 |
| 78 | Palo Alto County | 709 |
| 78 | Pocahontas County | 709 |
| 78 | Union County | 709 |
| 78 | Webster County | 709 |
| 78 | Worth County | 709 |