Appendix F: Rent Burdened Households

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Projects located in a city as listed below where an above average number of renter households are spending more than 50% of their income on housing costs. (1 point)

For the purposes of this Appendix, “above average” is defined as 1 in 4, or 25%, of renter households and “city” is defined as a municipality having at least 150 renter households. 

For a Scattered Site Project, all sites must be eligible to request the point.

  • Alta
  • Ames
  • Anamosa
  • Atlantic
  • Audubon
  • Bondurant
  • Burlington
  • Carlisle
  • Cedar Falls 
  • Cherokee
  • Clarence
  • Clinton
  • Coralville
  • Creston
  • DeWitt
  • Dubuque
  • Dunlap
  • Eldridge
  • Evansdale
  • Fairfield
  • Fayette
  • Garner
  • Greenfield
  • Grinnell
  • Guttenberg
  • Iowa City 
  • Iowa Falls 
  • Johnston
  • Manchester
  • Manson
  • Marion
  • Mediapolis
  • Mitchellville
  • Monona
  • Montezuma
  • Mount Pleasant 
  • Muscatine
  • Oelwein
  • Onawa
  • Orange City 
  • Pocahontas
  • Polk City 
  • Postville
  • Red Oak 
  • Rock Valley
  • Sac City
  • Sanborn
  • Sibley
  • Sigourney
  • Sioux City 
  • Solon
  • Spirit Lake 
  • Story City 
  • Tipton
  • Traer
  • Vinton
  • Waterloo
  • Waukon
  • Williamsburg
  • Woodbine

 

Data Citation: 

U.S. Census Bureau. "Gross Rent as a Percentage of Household Income in the Past 12 Months." American Community Survey, ACS 5-Year Estimates Detailed Tables, Table B25070,  Accessed on 17 Sep 2026.

 

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