# Cities in Iowa by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

All 41 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/iowa-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Iowa City, IA | 61.9 |
| 2 | Cedar Falls, IA | 57.4 |
| 3 | Coralville, IA | 55.1 |
| 4 | Marion, IA | 54.5 |
| 5 | Clinton, IA | 53.2 |
| 6 | Muscatine, IA | 51.6 |
| 7 | Newton, IA | 51.5 |
| 8 | Ames, IA | 50.2 |
| 9 | Davenport, IA | 49.9 |
| 10 | Burlington, IA | 49.1 |
| 11 | Des Moines, IA | 48.8 |
| 12 | Dubuque, IA | 48.6 |
| 13 | Ottumwa, IA | 48.6 |
| 14 | Pleasant Hill, IA | 47.6 |
| 15 | Altoona, IA | 47.4 |
| 16 | Indianola, IA | 46.6 |
| 17 | Johnston, IA | 46.2 |
| 18 | Waterloo, IA | 45.4 |
| 19 | Council Bluffs, IA | 45.3 |
| 20 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 45.2 |
| 21 | Fort Dodge, IA | 44.7 |
| 22 | Sioux City, IA | 43.1 |
| 23 | West Des Moines, IA | 42.8 |
| 24 | Ankeny, IA | 42.4 |
| 24 | Boone, IA | 42.4 |
| 26 | Clive, IA | 41.5 |
| 27 | Pella, IA | 40.2 |
| 28 | Carroll, IA | 40.2 |
| 29 | Bettendorf, IA | 39.2 |
| 30 | Spencer, IA | 38.6 |
| 31 | Urbandale, IA | 38.6 |
| 32 | Norwalk, IA | 38.2 |
| 33 | North Liberty, IA | 37.7 |
| 34 | Oskaloosa, IA | 37.3 |
| 35 | Mason City, IA | 37.2 |
| 36 | Waverly, IA | 33.8 |
| 37 | Marshalltown, IA | 33.7 |
| 38 | Waukee, IA | 32.9 |
| 39 | Le Mars, IA | 32.6 |
| 40 | Storm Lake, IA | 28.8 |
| 41 | Grimes, IA | 28 |