Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Households with Household Income of Less than $40K in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of households in Iowa with household income of less than $40k was 29.46%. Among all Iowa counties, Appanoose County had the highest percentage of households with household income of less than $40k (42.66%), followed by Jefferson County (41.93%), and Clay County (39.20%).
On the other hand, the following 3 counties had low percentages of households with household income of less than $40k: Dallas County (17.89%), Mills County (21.32%), and Bremer County (21.47%).
The chart below shows the top 10 Iowa counties with high household income, and the table below shows the ranking of all Iowa counties.
You can also see similar information for other household income groups, for other states, as well as for the whole United States.
| Rank | County | Percentage of Households (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Appanoose County | 42.66 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 41.93 |
| 3 | Clay County | 39.20 |
| 4 | Fayette County | 39.04 |
| 5 | Decatur County | 38.52 |
| 6 | Page County | 38.39 |
| 7 | Crawford County | 38.35 |
| 8 | Wapello County | 38.06 |
| 9 | Webster County | 37.59 |
| 10 | Cass County | 37.39 |
| 11 | Union County | 37.32 |
| 12 | Des Moines County | 37.27 |
| 13 | Keokuk County | 37.21 |
| 14 | Van Buren County | 36.81 |
| 15 | Audubon County | 36.79 |
| 16 | Ringgold County | 36.56 |
| 17 | Floyd County | 36.49 |
| 18 | Lee County | 36.21 |
| 19 | Wright County | 35.99 |
| 20 | Calhoun County | 35.96 |
| 21 | Hardin County | 35.92 |
| 21 | Poweshiek County | 35.92 |
| 22 | Lucas County | 35.75 |
| 23 | Montgomery County | 35.59 |
| 24 | Greene County | 35.17 |
| 25 | Wayne County | 34.98 |
| 26 | Clarke County | 34.97 |
| 27 | Emmet County | 34.73 |
| 28 | Monona County | 34.63 |
| 29 | Black Hawk County | 34.54 |
| 30 | Humboldt County | 34.38 |
| 31 | Palo Alto County | 34.33 |
| 32 | Adair County | 34.28 |
| 33 | Clinton County | 34.17 |
| 34 | Adams County | 33.75 |
| 35 | Shelby County | 33.45 |
| 36 | Henry County | 33.44 |
| 37 | Carroll County | 33.34 |
| 38 | Pocahontas County | 33.32 |
| 39 | O'Brien County | 33.14 |
| 40 | Jackson County | 32.94 |
| 41 | Woodbury County | 32.89 |
| 42 | Mahaska County | 32.79 |
| 43 | Cerro Gordo County | 32.63 |
| 44 | Story County | 32.62 |
| 45 | Clayton County | 32.61 |
| 46 | Winnebago County | 31.93 |
| 47 | Franklin County | 31.87 |
| 48 | Kossuth County | 31.86 |
| 49 | Taylor County | 31.85 |
| 50 | Pottawattamie County | 31.69 |
| 51 | Marshall County | 31.00 |
| 52 | Tama County | 30.98 |
| 53 | Ida County | 30.97 |
| 54 | Johnson County | 30.88 |
| 55 | Muscatine County | 30.62 |
| 56 | Hamilton County | 30.47 |
| 57 | Allamakee County | 30.12 |
| 58 | Fremont County | 30.05 |
| 59 | Worth County | 29.80 |
| 60 | Guthrie County | 29.76 |
| 61 | Cherokee County | 29.61 |
| 61 | Mitchell County | 29.61 |
| 62 | Harrison County | 29.43 |
| 63 | Butler County | 29.42 |
| 64 | Louisa County | 29.34 |
| 65 | Chickasaw County | 29.25 |
| 66 | Sac County | 29.19 |
| 67 | Howard County | 28.59 |
| 68 | Dubuque County | 28.58 |
| 69 | Buena Vista County | 28.55 |
| 70 | Jasper County | 28.48 |
| 71 | Scott County | 28.26 |
| 72 | Jones County | 28.15 |
| 73 | Winneshiek County | 27.83 |
| 74 | Boone County | 27.63 |
| 75 | Buchanan County | 27.55 |
| 76 | Monroe County | 27.52 |
| 77 | Delaware County | 26.97 |
| 78 | Hancock County | 26.38 |
| 79 | Iowa County | 26.22 |
| 80 | Osceola County | 26.10 |
| 81 | Linn County | 26.08 |
| 82 | Marion County | 25.66 |
| 83 | Washington County | 25.63 |
| 84 | Benton County | 25.54 |
| 85 | Cedar County | 25.46 |
| 86 | Dickinson County | 25.45 |
| 87 | Polk County | 24.97 |
| 88 | Lyon County | 23.76 |
| 89 | Davis County | 23.68 |
| 90 | Madison County | 23.01 |
| 91 | Plymouth County | 22.60 |
| 92 | Grundy County | 22.55 |
| 93 | Sioux County | 21.66 |
| 94 | Warren County | 21.56 |
| 95 | Bremer County | 21.47 |
| 96 | Mills County | 21.32 |
| 97 | Dallas County | 17.89 |