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The largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Iowa is +$482 in Guthrie County.
HUD FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent and Census median gross rent for each county.
| 247 | Guthrie County | $1,318 | $836 | $56 | B25031 | +$482 | $920 | $1,190 |
| 266 | Harrison County | $1,368 | $900 | $39 | B25031 | +$468 | $960 | $1,370 |
| 366 | Mills County | $1,368 | $956 | $64 | B25031 | +$412 | $1,040 | $1,320 |
| 509 | Warren County | $1,318 | $963 | $38 | B25031 | +$355 | $990 | $1,640 |
| 563 | Madison County | $1,318 | $982 | $127 | B25031 | +$336 | $1,030 | $1,240 |
| 609 | Pottawattamie County | $1,368 | $1,043 | $40 | B25031 | +$325 | $960 | $1,340 |
| 749 | Audubon County | $919 | $629 | $28 | B25031 | +$290 | $920 | $920 |
| 790 | Grundy County | $1,051 | $771 | $52 | B25031 | +$280 | ||
| 961 | Palo Alto County | $919 | $669 | $100 | B25031 | +$250 | ||
| 1100 | Emmet County | $919 | $688 | $116 | B25031 | +$231 | ||
| 1102 | Lucas County | $975 | $744 | $55 | B25031 | +$231 | $1,480 | $1,480 |
| 1132 | Sac County | $919 | $691 | $67 | B25031 | +$228 | ||
| 1174 | Taylor County | $919 | $696 | $111 | B25031 | +$223 | ||
| 1194 | Iowa County | $919 | $699 | $119 | B25031 | +$220 | ||
| 1250 | Page County | $919 | $706 | $93 | B25031 | +$213 | ||
| 1256 | Howard County | $919 | $707 | $83 | B25031 | +$212 | ||
| 1304 | Delaware County | $919 | $712 | $101 | B25031 | +$207 | ||
| 1310 | Decatur County | $919 | $713 | $98 | B25031 | +$206 | ||
| 1315 | Winnebago County | $919 | $713 | $89 | B25031 | +$206 | ||
| 1432 | Van Buren County | $919 | $725 | $304 | B25031 | +$194 | ||
| 1452 | Humboldt County | $919 | $728 | $21 | B25031 | +$191 | ||
| 1465 | Fremont County | $919 | $730 | $30 | B25031 | +$189 | $1,060 | $1,260 |
| 1469 | Carroll County | $919 | $731 | $17 | B25031 | +$188 | $930 | $930 |
| 1524 | Cass County | $919 | $735 | $26 | B25031 | +$184 | $940 | $1,020 |
| 1530 | Louisa County | $919 | $736 | $109 | B25031 | +$183 | ||
| 1604 | Crawford County | $919 | $745 | $97 | B25031 | +$174 | ||
| 1634 | Allamakee County | $919 | $748 | $119 | B25031 | +$171 | ||
| 1665 | Chickasaw County | $919 | $750 | $107 | B25031 | +$169 | ||
| 1666 | Hancock County | $919 | $750 | $36 | B25031 | +$169 | ||
| 1667 | Jasper County | $1,008 | $839 | $28 | B25031 | +$169 | $970 | $1,070 |
| 1697 | Worth County | $919 | $752 | $72 | B25031 | +$167 | ||
| 1756 | Calhoun County | $919 | $758 | $44 | B25031 | +$161 | ||
| 1763 | Osceola County | $919 | $758 | $48 | B25031 | +$161 | ||
| 1817 | Boone County | $1,026 | $870 | $82 | B25031 | +$156 | $1,020 | $1,020 |
| 1875 | Ida County | $919 | $767 | $130 | B25031 | +$152 | ||
| 1883 | Dickinson County | $1,091 | $940 | $34 | B25031 | +$151 | ||
| 1889 | Mitchell County | $919 | $768 | $60 | B25031 | +$151 | ||
| 1912 | Davis County | $1,043 | $894 | $183 | B25031 | +$149 | ||
| 1921 | Polk County | $1,318 | $1,169 | $17 | B25031 | +$149 | $920 | $1,680 |
| 1926 | Woodbury County | $1,154 | $1,005 | $36 | B25031 | +$149 | ||
| 1955 | Hardin County | $919 | $773 | $44 | B25031 | +$146 | ||
| 1980 | Cherokee County | $919 | $775 | $124 | B25031 | +$144 | ||
| 1989 | Story County | $1,153 | $1,009 | $37 | B25031 | +$144 | $980 | $1,300 |
| 2057 | Shelby County | $919 | $781 | $51 | B25031 | +$138 | $960 | $980 |
| 2066 | Mahaska County | $947 | $810 | $59 | B25031 | +$137 | ||
| 2080 | Franklin County | $919 | $783 | $59 | B25031 | +$136 | ||
| 2092 | Greene County | $919 | $784 | $53 | B25031 | +$135 | $920 | $1,130 |
| 2183 | Ringgold County | $919 | $791 | $74 | B25031 | +$128 | ||
| 2192 | Wapello County | $1,068 | $941 | $38 | B25031 | +$127 | ||
| 2193 | Wayne County | $919 | $792 | $315 | B25031 | +$127 | ||
| 2279 | Appanoose County | $919 | $800 | $80 | B25031 | +$119 | ||
| 2287 | Montgomery County | $919 | $800 | $79 | B25031 | +$119 | $960 | $960 |
| 2292 | Adair County | $926 | $808 | $106 | B25031 | +$118 | $920 | $1,050 |
| 2323 | Lee County | $962 | $847 | $30 | B25031 | +$115 | ||
| 2332 | Washington County | $962 | $847 | $49 | B25031 | +$115 | ||
| 2337 | Floyd County | $919 | $805 | $96 | B25031 | +$114 | ||
| 2361 | Scott County | $1,143 | $1,031 | $37 | B25031 | +$112 | ||
| 2369 | Hamilton County | $994 | $883 | $42 | B25031 | +$111 | ||
| 2370 | Jackson County | $919 | $808 | $70 | B25031 | +$111 | ||
| 2403 | Cedar County | $966 | $858 | $21 | B25031 | +$108 | ||
| 2412 | Buchanan County | $942 | $835 | $43 | B25031 | +$107 | ||
| 2436 | Union County | $919 | $813 | $50 | B25031 | +$106 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 2470 | Webster County | $919 | $816 | $42 | B25031 | +$103 | ||
| 2486 | Clayton County | $919 | $818 | $37 | B25031 | +$101 | ||
| 2505 | Benton County | $956 | $858 | $154 | B25031 | +$98 | ||
| 2521 | Pocahontas County | $919 | $822 | $89 | B25031 | +$97 | ||
| 2549 | Keokuk County | $919 | $826 | $61 | B25031 | +$93 | ||
| 2564 | Winneshiek County | $919 | $827 | $57 | B25031 | +$92 | ||
| 2603 | Tama County | $941 | $853 | $23 | B25031 | +$88 | ||
| 2606 | Henry County | $939 | $852 | $31 | B25031 | +$87 | ||
| 2608 | Kossuth County | $919 | $832 | $20 | B25031 | +$87 | ||
| 2616 | Jefferson County | $1,084 | $998 | $94 | B25031 | +$86 | ||
| 2635 | Des Moines County | $1,063 | $979 | $35 | B25031 | +$84 | ||
| 2638 | Muscatine County | $1,071 | $987 | $42 | B25031 | +$84 | ||
| 2645 | Dubuque County | $1,077 | $994 | $33 | B25031 | +$83 | ||
| 2659 | Monona County | $919 | $837 | $154 | B25031 | +$82 | $960 | $980 |
| 2661 | Poweshiek County | $988 | $906 | $50 | B25031 | +$82 | ||
| 2673 | Clinton County | $956 | $876 | $60 | B25031 | +$80 | ||
| 2694 | Plymouth County | $980 | $902 | $127 | B25031 | +$78 | ||
| 2701 | Bremer County | $978 | $902 | $88 | B25031 | +$76 | ||
| 2702 | Buena Vista County | $1,010 | $934 | $28 | B25031 | +$76 | ||
| 2707 | Marshall County | $959 | $883 | $43 | B25031 | +$76 | ||
| 2726 | Butler County | $919 | $847 | $85 | B25031 | +$72 | ||
| 2741 | Lyon County | $919 | $849 | $35 | B25031 | +$70 | ||
| 2745 | Cerro Gordo County | $949 | $880 | $67 | B25031 | +$69 | ||
| 2751 | Black Hawk County | $1,051 | $983 | $23 | B25031 | +$68 | ||
| 2755 | Adams County | $933 | $866 | $147 | B25031 | +$67 | ||
| 2790 | Clay County | $919 | $857 | $124 | B25031 | +$62 | ||
| 2792 | Linn County | $1,071 | $1,009 | $34 | B25031 | +$62 | ||
| 2812 | Marion County | $1,016 | $957 | $70 | B25031 | +$59 | $960 | $1,060 |
| 2841 | Jones County | $919 | $864 | $96 | B25031 | +$55 | ||
| 2883 | Sioux County | $971 | $923 | $66 | B25031 | +$48 | ||
| 2941 | Johnson County | $1,141 | $1,107 | $24 | B25031 | +$34 | ||
| 2943 | Monroe County | $919 | $886 | $102 | B25031 | +$33 | ||
| 2973 | O'Brien County | $919 | $894 | $110 | B25031 | +$25 | ||
| 3022 | Fayette County | $919 | $916 | $61 | B25031 | +$3 | ||
| 3032 | Wright County | $919 | $920 | $79 | B25031 | -$1 | ||
| 3037 | Clarke County | $919 | $927 | $56 | B25031 | -$8 | $920 | $970 |
| 3087 | Dallas County | $1,318 | $1,382 | $60 | B25031 | -$64 | $960 | $1,640 |
The voucher premium is the FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent minus the Census median gross rent for the same county. The Census rent is ACS 2024 5-year table B25031, 2-bedroom median (column B25031004), when that estimate is published and positive. Otherwise it is ACS table B25064, median gross rent. The margin of error on the premium is the ACS margin of error on that rent, because the Fair Market Rent is a HUD schedule. Other bedroom rows use B25031 when that bedroom median is published. When a county file has town Fair Market Rents and no single county schedule, the county rent is the population-weighted mean of the town rents, rounded half up. The Small Area FMR range is the low and high ZIP Small Area FMR inside the county. Rank is the premium, then the county name. A county is left out when both the 2-bedroom B25031 median and the B25064 median are missing or not positive.
Source: HUD FY2026 Fair Market Rents and Small Area FMRs, effective 2025-10-01, retrieved 2026-10-09, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr.html, and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024 5-year tables B25031 and B25064, as of 2024-07-01 (data years 2020-2024), retrieved 2026-10-09, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25031.
Guthrie County at +$482. The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $1,318. The Census median gross rent is $836 (margin of error $56), from B25031.