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Counties With the Lowest Monthly Housing Payment in Iowa (2026)

Pocahontas has the lowest monthly housing payment of any county in Iowa, at $526, followed by Appanoose and Lee (data vintage Zillow 2026-04). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated April 2026 - Source: Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized)

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Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in Iowa

Top 25 of 99 counties with data.

Ranked by monthly payment (piti) (Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized), Zillow 2026-04), lowest first.

Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in Iowa
RankCountyValue
1Pocahontas$526
2Appanoose$571
3Lee$614
4Wapello$638
5Taylor$676
6Webster$686
7Wright$693
8Keokuk$704
9Hardin$707
10Wayne$712
11Montgomery$713
12Des Moines$727
13Calhoun$744
14Page$751
15Emmet$754
16Audubon$755
17Fayette$765
18Franklin$769
19Winnebago$772
20Ida$776
21Adams$785
22Monona$791
23Floyd$792
24Cherokee$794
25Union$800

How this ranking works

This page ranks Iowa counties by monthly payment (piti), sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For monthly housing payment, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh monthly housing payment against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of monthly payment (piti).

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