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Cities in Iowa by homeownership rate (US, housing units)

Norwalk, IA had the highest homeownership rate (US, housing units) of 41 cities in 2022, at 84%. Ames, IA had the lowest, at 42%. The median was 67.9% and the figure for Iowa was 71.5%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest84Norwalk, IA
Lowest42Ames, IA
Median67.941 cities
Iowa71.5History

All cities, 2022

Norwalk, IA: 84 %Norwalk, IA84Urbandale, IA: 78.5 %Urbandale, IA78.5Marion, IA: 78.3 %Marion, IA78.3Pleasant Hill, IA: 77.7 %Pleasant Hill, IA77.7Waverly, IA: 76.4 %Waverly, IA76.4Bettendorf, IA: 75.8 %Bettendorf, IA75.8Clive, IA: 74.6 %Clive, IA74.6Boone, IA: 72.6 %Boone, IA72.6Ankeny, IA: 71.3 %Ankeny, IA71.3North Liberty, IA: 71.1 %North Liberty, IA71.1Johnston, IA: 71.1 %Johnston, IA71.1Waukee, IA: 70.7 %Waukee, IA70.7Cedar Rapids, IA: 69.6 %Cedar Rapids, IA69.6Muscatine, IA: 69.3 %Muscatine, IA69.3Carroll, IA: 69.2 %Carroll, IA69.2Altoona, IA: 69.1 %Altoona, IA69.1Newton, IA: 69.1 %Newton, IA69.1Spencer, IA: 68.8 %Spencer, IA68.8Le Mars, IA: 68 %Le Mars, IA68Clinton, IA: 67.9 %Clinton, IA67.9Mason City, IA: 67.9 %Mason City, IA67.9Grimes, IA: 67.9 %Grimes, IA67.9Marshalltown, IA: 67.3 %Marshalltown, IA67.3Pella, IA: 67.1 %Pella, IA67.1Burlington, IA: 66.8 %Burlington, IA66.8Indianola, IA: 66.8 %Indianola, IA66.8Sioux City, IA: 65.4 %Sioux City, IA65.4Dubuque, IA: 64.8 %Dubuque, IA64.8Council Bluffs, IA: 63.4 %Council Bluffs, IA63.4Fort Dodge, IA: 63.3 %Fort Dodge, IA63.3Cedar Falls, IA: 62.5 %Cedar Falls, IA62.5Davenport, IA: 62.2 %Davenport, IA62.2Waterloo, IA: 60.8 %Waterloo, IA60.8Des Moines, IA: 60.3 %Des Moines, IA60.3Storm Lake, IA: 59.9 %Storm Lake, IA59.9Ottumwa, IA: 59 %Ottumwa, IA59Oskaloosa, IA: 58.4 %Oskaloosa, IA58.4West Des Moines, IA: 58.1 %West Des Moines, IA58.1Coralville, IA: 53.9 %Coralville, IA53.9Iowa City, IA: 46.4 %Iowa City, IA46.4Ames, IA: 42 %Ames, IA42Norwalk, IA: 84 %Norwalk, IA84Urbandale, IA: 78.5 %Urbandale, IA78.5Marion, IA: 78.3 %Marion, IA78.3Pleasant Hill, IA: 77.7 %Pleasant Hill, IA77.7Waverly, IA: 76.4 %Waverly, IA76.4Bettendorf, IA: 75.8 %Bettendorf, IA75.8Clive, IA: 74.6 %Clive, IA74.6Boone, IA: 72.6 %Boone, IA72.6Ankeny, IA: 71.3 %Ankeny, IA71.3North Liberty, IA: 71.1 %North Liberty, IA71.1Johnston, IA: 71.1 %Johnston, IA71.1Waukee, IA: 70.7 %Waukee, IA70.7Cedar Rapids, IA: 69.6 %Cedar Rapids, IA69.6Muscatine, IA: 69.3 %Muscatine, IA69.3Carroll, IA: 69.2 %Carroll, IA69.2Altoona, IA: 69.1 %Altoona, IA69.1Newton, IA: 69.1 %Newton, IA69.1Spencer, IA: 68.8 %Spencer, IA68.8Le Mars, IA: 68 %Le Mars, IA68Clinton, IA: 67.9 %Clinton, IA67.9Mason City, IA: 67.9 %Mason City, IA67.9Grimes, IA: 67.9 %Grimes, IA67.9Marshalltown, IA: 67.3 %Marshalltown, IA67.3Pella, IA: 67.1 %Pella, IA67.1Burlington, IA: 66.8 %Burlington, IA66.8Indianola, IA: 66.8 %Indianola, IA66.8Sioux City, IA: 65.4 %Sioux City, IA65.4Dubuque, IA: 64.8 %Dubuque, IA64.8Council Bluffs, IA: 63.4 %Council Bluffs, IA63.4Fort Dodge, IA: 63.3 %Fort Dodge, IA63.3Cedar Falls, IA: 62.5 %Cedar Falls, IA62.5Davenport, IA: 62.2 %Davenport, IA62.2Waterloo, IA: 60.8 %Waterloo, IA60.8Des Moines, IA: 60.3 %Des Moines, IA60.3Storm Lake, IA: 59.9 %Storm Lake, IA59.9Ottumwa, IA: 59 %Ottumwa, IA59Oskaloosa, IA: 58.4 %Oskaloosa, IA58.4West Des Moines, IA: 58.1 %West Des Moines, IA58.1Coralville, IA: 53.9 %Coralville, IA53.9Iowa City, IA: 46.4 %Iowa City, IA46.4Ames, IA: 42 %Ames, IA42
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Norwalk, IA84+2.3 pts
2Urbandale, IA78.5+0.9 pts
3Marion, IA78.3+0.9 pts
4Pleasant Hill, IA77.7+2.2 pts
5Waverly, IA76.4-0.3 pts
6Bettendorf, IA75.8+0.6 pts
7Clive, IA74.6-1.9 pts
8Boone, IA72.6-2.8 pts
9Ankeny, IA71.3-0.5 pts
10North Liberty, IA71.1-1.3 pts
11Johnston, IA71.1+0.3 pts
12Waukee, IA70.7-1.1 pts
13Cedar Rapids, IA69.6-0.7 pts
14Muscatine, IA69.3+3.8 pts
15Carroll, IA69.2-0.3 pts
16Altoona, IA69.1+1 pts
17Newton, IA69.1-0.2 pts
18Spencer, IA68.8+4.7 pts
19Le Mars, IA68-2.9 pts
20Clinton, IA67.9-0.4 pts
21Mason City, IA67.9+1.5 pts
22Grimes, IA67.9-0.8 pts
23Marshalltown, IA67.3+1.7 pts
24Pella, IA67.1-0.1 pts
25Burlington, IA66.8+1.3 pts
26Indianola, IA66.8-0.8 pts
27Sioux City, IA65.40 pts
28Dubuque, IA64.8-0.2 pts
29Council Bluffs, IA63.4-0.1 pts
30Fort Dodge, IA63.3+2.1 pts
31Cedar Falls, IA62.5-1.3 pts
32Davenport, IA62.2-1.5 pts
33Waterloo, IA60.8+0.7 pts
34Des Moines, IA60.3+0.3 pts
35Storm Lake, IA59.9+2.3 pts
36Ottumwa, IA59-2.2 pts
37Oskaloosa, IA58.4+0.3 pts
38West Des Moines, IA58.1-0.4 pts
39Coralville, IA53.9-1 pts
40Iowa City, IA46.4-0.2 pts
41Ames, IA42-0.4 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Owner-occupied housing units as a percentage of all occupied housing units. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Counts households (occupied housing units), not people. EU home ownership rates (population_in_owner_occupied_homes_share) count people living in owner-occupied dwellings, so they are not comparable.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: owner-occupied housing units as a percentage of occupied housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: owner-occupied housing units as a percentage of occupied housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Iowa by homeownership rate (US, housing units), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25003.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: owner-occupied housing units as a percentage of occupied housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Iowa by homeownership rate (US, housing units), 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/homeownership-rate/iowa-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: owner-occupied housing units as a percentage of occupied housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Iowa by homeownership rate (US, housing units), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/homeownership-rate/iowa-cities?period=2022.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: owner-occupied housing units as a percentage of occupied housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Iowa by homeownership rate (US, housing units), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/homeownership-rate/iowa-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: owner-occupied housing units as a percentage of occupied housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Iowa by homeownership rate (US, housing units), 2022}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/homeownership-rate/iowa-cities?period=2022. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: owner-occupied housing units as a percentage of occupied housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which city has the highest homeownership rate (US, housing units)?

Norwalk, IA, with 84% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest homeownership rate (US, housing units)?

Ames, IA, with 42% in 2022.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: owner-occupied housing units as a percentage of occupied housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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