Iowa · Census place 54480
Mount Ayr city, IA
Quick answer
Mount Ayr city has 1,739 residents, ranking #190 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $68,676, the median home is worth $144,500 and median gross rent runs $694 a month.
- Population
- 1,739Mount Ayr city residents
- Median household income
- $68,676Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $144,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $694Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 40.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 69.5%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Mount Ayr city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Mount Ayr city median would spend about 12.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.5% of residents and 69.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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