Rent-burdened renters: zip codes ranked in Iowa

Share of renter households paying 30% or more of their income on rent and utilities, the standard affordability threshold. Lower is better. These lists rank zip codes in Iowa with at least 1,000 residents, using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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Zip codes where rent takes the biggest bite

#	Zip	City	Rent burden	Population
1	50012	Ames	100%	1,913
2	52746	Donahue	97%	1,240
3	51510	Carter Lake	77.6%	3,767
4	52216	Clarence	72.8%	1,551
5	52554	Eldon	72.6%	1,078
6	52352	Walker	72.3%	1,833
7	50028	Baxter	72.2%	1,981
8	52049	Garnavillo	70.8%	1,370
9	51249	Sibley	70.1%	3,564
10	50314	Des Moines	69.9%	10,438
11	51570	Shelby	69.8%	1,118
12	52328	Robins	68.3%	2,712
13	52035	Colesburg	67.6%	1,331
14	52623	Danville	66.3%	1,982
15	52142	Fayette	64.1%	1,890
16	52240	Iowa City	63.9%	35,074
17	50135	Kellogg	63.2%	1,754
18	50643	Hudson	63%	3,027
19	52245	Iowa City	62.1%	22,853
20	50324	Windsor Heights	62.1%	5,143
21	50229	Prole	61.9%	1,585
22	50313	Des Moines	61.5%	17,440
23	51108	Sioux City	60.8%	5,960
24	50583	Sac City	60.6%	2,288
25	51248	Sanborn	60.4%	1,534
26	52345	Urbana	60%	1,609
27	51101	Sioux City	59.6%	1,031
28	52637	Mediapolis	59.1%	3,041
29	52531	Albia	59%	6,036
30	50025	Audubon	59%	3,148
31	51566	Red Oak	58.7%	7,010
32	52655	West Burlington	58.7%	4,322
33	50216	Panora	57.8%	2,786
34	50613	Cedar Falls	57.5%	43,867
35	51002	Alta	57%	2,787
36	52246	Iowa City	56.6%	22,308
37	52306	Mechanicsville	56.2%	1,642
38	52556	Fairfield	55.8%	11,448
39	52772	Tipton	55.4%	5,348
40	51529	Dunlap	55.2%	1,732
41	52241	Coralville	55.1%	23,250
42	50321	Des Moines	54.5%	7,900
43	52338	Swisher	54.4%	3,934
44	50662	Oelwein	54.3%	6,576
45	52639	Montrose	54.3%	1,745
46	52060	Maquoketa	54.2%	8,007
47	51237	George	54.1%	1,605
48	52327	Riverside	54%	3,796
49	52322	Oxford	53.9%	2,266
50	52732	Clinton	53.7%	25,880
51	52302	Marion	53.5%	42,706
52	52068	Peosta	53.1%	5,280
53	51012	Cherokee	52.9%	6,311
54	50703	Waterloo	52.7%	17,952
55	52632	Keokuk	52.7%	11,711
56	52333	Solon	52.4%	7,295
57	51030	Lawton	52.4%	1,468
58	50475	Sheffield	52.4%	1,446
59	51521	Avoca	52.3%	1,953
60	51034	Mapleton	52.3%	1,674
61	52620	Bonaparte	52.3%	1,097
62	52032	Bernard	52.2%	1,305
63	50020	Anita	52.1%	1,197
64	50574	Pocahontas	51.9%	2,132
65	50316	Des Moines	51.8%	16,710
66	52803	Davenport	51.7%	22,742
67	50248	Story City	51.7%	4,216
68	52802	Davenport	51.6%	9,466
69	51576	Underwood	51.6%	1,769
70	50022	Atlantic	51.5%	8,526
71	50014	Ames	51.4%	32,958
72	52405	Cedar Rapids	51.4%	26,526
73	50106	Gilman	51.4%	1,163
74	50311	Des Moines	51.3%	14,574
75	52205	Anamosa	51.3%	8,627
76	52601	Burlington	50.9%	27,341
77	52806	Davenport	50.9%	26,871
78	52003	Dubuque	50.8%	13,796
79	50424	Buffalo Center	50.8%	1,441
80	52761	Muscatine	50.7%	29,474
81	52052	Guttenberg	50.7%	2,999
82	52159	Monona	50.7%	2,398
83	51462	Scranton	50.7%	1,049
84	50208	Newton	50.6%	20,595
85	50421	Belmond	50.6%	3,168
86	50707	Evansdale	50.4%	7,784
87	50315	Des Moines	50.2%	34,816
88	51027	Ireton	50%	1,280
89	50174	Murray	50%	1,259
90	52804	Davenport	49.6%	26,835
91	52627	Fort Madison	49.5%	12,677
92	50317	Des Moines	49.4%	36,548
93	52057	Manchester	49.3%	8,193
94	50602	Allison	49.1%	1,254
95	50327	Pleasant Hill	49%	13,177
96	52807	Davenport	48.9%	15,617
97	50616	Charles City	48.8%	9,358
98	51503	Council Bluffs	48.7%	37,972
99	50139	Lacona	48.4%	1,025
100	50021	Ankeny	48.2%	30,283

Zip codes where rent takes the smallest bite

#	Zip	City	Rent burden	Population
1	52039	Durango	0%	1,079
2	52341	Toddville	0%	1,378
3	51526	Crescent	0%	1,664
4	52411	Cedar Rapids	0%	8,342
5	52565	Keosauqua	2.3%	1,518
6	52053	Holy Cross	3.1%	1,148
7	52324	Palo	3.1%	2,216
8	51038	Merrill	4.1%	1,449
9	50668	Readlyn	4.2%	1,216
10	51430	Arcadia	4.7%	1,063
11	52202	Alburnett	5.6%	1,269
12	50510	Albert City	6.2%	1,042
13	51109	Sioux City	6.9%	3,606
14	52356	Wellman	8.7%	2,664
15	52037	Delmar	9.4%	1,172
16	52318	Norway	9.6%	1,099
17	51050	Remsen	9.8%	2,962
18	52561	Fremont	9.9%	1,112
19	50162	Melbourne	10.1%	1,164
20	50535	Early	10.2%	1,198
21	50240	Saint Charles	10.2%	2,393
22	52155	Lime Springs	10.3%	1,110
23	51052	Salix	10.5%	1,050
24	52218	Coggon	10.6%	1,413
25	51561	Pacific Junction	10.9%	1,039
26	51006	Battle Creek	11.7%	1,287
27	51003	Alton	11.9%	1,938
28	50632	Garwin	12.2%	1,201
29	50585	Sioux Rapids	13%	1,080
30	51461	Schleswig	13%	1,097
31	52756	Long Grove	13%	1,982
32	52314	Mount Vernon	13.4%	6,200
33	50230	Radcliffe	13.6%	1,145
34	52141	Elgin	13.6%	1,259
35	52203	Amana	13.7%	2,231
36	50166	Milo	14%	2,023
37	50665	Parkersburg	14.6%	2,693
38	51234	Boyden	14.7%	1,172
39	50323	Urbandale	14.7%	17,265
40	50630	Fredericksburg	14.9%	1,372
41	52073	Sherrill	14.9%	1,381
42	50233	Redfield	14.9%	1,406
43	51016	Correctionville	15%	1,080
44	50105	Gilbert	15.2%	1,487
45	51342	Graettinger	15.7%	1,385
46	52336	Springville	15.7%	2,397
47	50456	Manly	15.8%	1,699
48	52165	Ridgeway	15.9%	1,098
49	52201	Ainsworth	15.9%	1,148
50	52132	Calmar	15.9%	1,759
51	52310	Monticello	16.1%	6,450
52	50058	Coon Rapids	16.6%	1,999
53	50846	Fontanelle	16.7%	1,276
54	51039	Moville	17.1%	2,845
55	50046	Cambridge	17.6%	1,554
56	50109	Granger	17.7%	3,309
57	52213	Center Point	17.8%	4,114
58	50069	De Soto	17.9%	1,109
59	51239	Hull	18.1%	2,876
60	52171	Waucoma	18.2%	1,314
61	50049	Chariton	18.3%	6,414
62	50469	Rockwell	18.6%	1,527
63	51653	Tabor	18.8%	1,446
64	52332	Shellsburg	18.8%	1,612
65	50072	Earlham	18.8%	2,979
66	50645	Ionia	18.9%	1,193
67	50830	Afton	18.9%	1,846
68	51466	Wall Lake	19.4%	1,043
69	52316	North English	19.9%	1,597
70	50514	Armstrong	20.3%	1,117
71	50660	New Hartford	20.3%	1,143
72	50626	Dunkerton	20.3%	1,468
73	50597	West Bend	20.4%	1,341
74	50638	Grundy Center	20.6%	3,441
75	50676	Tripoli	20.9%	2,017
76	52533	Batavia	21.1%	1,201
77	50122	Hubbard	21.1%	1,297
78	52237	Hopkinton	21.1%	1,830
79	51235	Doon	21.2%	1,007
80	51445	Ida Grove	21.3%	2,485
81	52749	Fruitland	21.4%	1,049
82	51450	Lake View	21.4%	1,619
83	51246	Rock Rapids	21.5%	4,041
84	52248	Keota	21.7%	1,675
85	50682	Winthrop	21.7%	1,692
86	52046	Farley	22%	3,129
87	50261	Van Meter	22.2%	3,399
88	50210	New Virginia	22.4%	1,487
89	52228	Fairfax	22.5%	3,802
90	51640	Hamburg	22.6%	1,381
91	51575	Treynor	22.6%	1,609
92	51241	Larchwood	22.6%	2,103
93	50225	Pleasantville	22.6%	3,364
94	50144	Leon	23.9%	2,692
95	50468	Rockford	24.2%	1,617
96	52654	Wayland	24.2%	1,884
97	50006	Alden	24.4%	1,437
98	50624	Dike	24.5%	1,855
99	51555	Missouri Valley	24.5%	4,952
100	50228	Prairie City	24.6%	2,120

Rent-burdened renters: zip codes ranked in Iowa

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