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Overview

Eastern Iowans need an affordable and safe home in order to be stable. Eastern Iowa’s population predominately white, yet we see over-representation in the gathered data below.

Sources and Further Reading
2020 American Community Survey 5-year Averages

Tables used: DP04, B25119, B11001

The American Community Survey (ACS) is a US Census Bureau program that releases data ever year and therefore has more up-to-date data than the decennial census.

See the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey web site for a complete discussion of assumptions concerning ACS data.


Eviction Lab at Princeton University, January 2022

Eviction rate is presented as the number of evictions per 100 renter homes.

The Eviction Lab at Princeton University was founded in 2017 to address fundamental questions about residential instability, forced moves, and poverty in America.  The research group combines individual eviction records gathered from multiple sources and U.S. Census demographic data to generate an eviction rate.


Prosperity Now Scorecard, May 2022

The Prosperity Now Scorecard is a comprehensive resource featuring data on family financial health and policy recommendation to help put all U.S. households on a path to prosperity. The scorecard allows you to drill down to the local level on data across five issue areas: Financial Assets & Income; Businesses & Jobs; Homeownership & Housing; Health Care and Education.


2022 County Health Rankings

County Health Rankings & Roadmaps is a program of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institude. The CHR&R program provides data, evidence, guidance, and examples to build awareness of the multiple factors that influence health and support leaders in growing community power to improve health equity. The 2022 County Health Rankings used data from 2016-2020 for this measure.

Key Impact Numbers

Monthly Gross Rent
$689
Monthly Gross Rent
$695
Monthly Gross Rent
$700
Monthly Gross Rent
$615
Monthly Gross Rent
$659
Monthly Gross Rent
$778
Monthly Owner Housing Costs
$1,277
Monthly Owner Housing Costs
$1,311
Monthly Owner Housing Costs
$1,232
Monthly Owner Housing Costs
$1,284
Monthly Owner Housing Costs
$1,190
Monthly Owner Housing Costs
$1,366
% No vehicles available by housing units
4.5%
% No vehicles available by housing units
3.1%
% No vehicles available by housing units
3.0%
% No vehicles available by housing units
3.0%
% No vehicles available by housing units
5.2%
% No vehicles available by housing units
4.8%
Eviction Rate by County
Housing Cost Burden
Median Income by Housing Type vs Median Home Costs
Housing Type
Click/tap the graph to show more detail on housing ownership by race.
Family Households