Rathbun, Iowa

Population

Down 2.4% since 2020.

40

people, the 907th-largest of Iowa's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Iowa's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

Rent

Median rent is $1,063 a month.

$1,063

a month. Iowa's median is $972.

Census ACS 5-year, 2005-2009 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $385.

A $385 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Appanoose County.

• $682 Tract 9503
• $1,067 Tract 9505

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

$188–$281

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,063 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2013 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2005-2009. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 91% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.

0

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2013 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 27% less than Iowa's.

$151,800

median home value in Rathbun.

• $151,800 Rathbun
• $208,000 Iowa
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year