Every county in Iowa
99 countiesRanked by units under contract. 90 of 99 publish a wait figure; the rest are suppressed (fewer than 11 families), missing, or non-reporting, and are shown as "no data" rather than as a zero.
| County | Units | Households | Wait (mo, those admitted) | ELI need met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk County | 6,065 | 4,873 | 27 | 30.9% |
| Black Hawk County | 2,540 | 2,113 | 32 | 35.5% |
| Linn County | 2,466 | 1,963 | 22 | 30.4% |
| Scott County | 2,412 | 2,017 | 30 | 31.1% |
| Woodbury County | 2,287 | 1,859 | 7 | 49.1% |
| Johnson County | 2,096 | 1,941 | 41 | 17.8% |
| Pottawattamie County | 1,861 | 1,643 | 12 | 44.1% |
| Dubuque County | 1,734 | 1,467 | 15 | 44.5% |
| Webster County | 1,084 | 921 | 69 | 57% |
| Des Moines County | 1,071 | 827 | 16 | 32.4% |
| Cerro Gordo County | 988 | 857 | 12 | 60.6% |
| Muscatine County | 828 | 769 | 14 | 51.5% |
| Clinton County | 797 | 743 | 20 | 44.5% |
| Wapello County | 730 | 618 | 10 | 38.7% |
| Story County | 661 | 626 | 25 | 9% |
| Lee County | 644 | 550 | 2 | 46.9% |
| Marshall County | 549 | 376 | 4 | 28.6% |
| Dallas County | 493 | 478 | 22 | 18.7% |
| Warren County | 397 | 324 | 22 | 26.6% |
| Floyd County | 390 | 322 | 5 | 49.6% |
| Marion County | 385 | 346 | 6 | 43.4% |
| Clay County | 375 | 318 | 4 | 36.1% |
| Mahaska County | 351 | 272 | 4 | 28.2% |
| Jasper County | 348 | 327 | 14 | 35.6% |
| Carroll County | 339 | 229 | 3 | 24.9% |
| Page County | 339 | 312 | 16 | 49.9% |
| Jefferson County | 334 | 256 | 35 | 29.2% |
| Harrison County | 315 | 238 | 4 | 41.9% |
| Jackson County | 294 | 244 | 21 | 42.9% |
| Montgomery County | 265 | 242 | 11 | 44.8% |
| Poweshiek County | 261 | 193 | 19 | 18.4% |
| Appanoose County | 259 | 193 | 17 | 31.2% |
| Sioux County | 258 | 212 | 5 | 29.6% |
| Union County | 256 | 235 | 15 | 54.4% |
| Mills County | 251 | 221 | 27 | 59.7% |
| Plymouth County | 251 | 215 | 5 | 35.8% |
| Fayette County | 243 | 218 | 4 | 30.6% |
| Crawford County | 221 | 164 | 4 | 15.7% |
| Buena Vista County | 220 | 190 | 5 | 37.1% |
| Bremer County | 207 | 151 | 63 | 31.2% |
| Shelby County | 200 | 145 | 3 | 31.5% |
| Henry County | 190 | 155 | 10 | 24% |
| Monroe County | 187 | 115 | 3 | 39.1% |
| Cass County | 186 | 166 | 37 | 24.4% |
| Dickinson County | 180 | 170 | 9 | 47.7% |
| Lucas County | 163 | 139 | 1 | 31.3% |
| Monona County | 163 | 144 | 36 | 46.7% |
| Boone County | 162 | 152 | 29 | 29.3% |
| Kossuth County | 153 | 125 | 3 | 22% |
| Winneshiek County | 146 | 118 | 4 | 20.4% |
| Washington County | 142 | 112 | 76 | 26.5% |
| Jones County | 139 | 105 | 29 | 19.6% |
| O'Brien County | 137 | 98 | 2 | 26.2% |
| Clarke County | 132 | 101 | 65 | 16.9% |
| Palo Alto County | 132 | 107 | 3 | 44.7% |
| Decatur County | 128 | 114 | 17 | 27.8% |
| Delaware County | 119 | 99 | 44 | 28.5% |
| Cherokee County | 116 | 89 | 3 | 20.5% |
| Winnebago County | 111 | 86 | 3 | 37.6% |
| Calhoun County | 103 | 87 | 24 | 28.1% |
| Clayton County | 101 | 90 | 4 | 24.1% |
| Ringgold County | 99 | 90 | 12 | 83.8% |
| Greene County | 98 | 79 | 4 | 28.8% |
| Hamilton County | 95 | 79 | 64 | 15% |
| Fremont County | 93 | 84 | 9 | 50.5% |
| Wright County | 92 | 78 | 18 | 26% |
| Sac County | 90 | 61 | 13 | 48.6% |
| Taylor County | 88 | 81 | 35 | 73.3% |
| Guthrie County | 84 | 53 | 3 | 19.6% |
| Madison County | 81 | 78 | 6 | 34.1% |
| Lyon County | 79 | 73 | 30 | 72.3% |
| Benton County | 78 | 72 | no data | 15.5% |
| Allamakee County | 74 | 64 | 3 | 21.3% |
| Buchanan County | 74 | 50 | no data | 14.4% |
| Franklin County | 73 | 63 | 2 | 14.8% |
| Hancock County | 69 | 54 | no data | 16.7% |
| Emmet County | 67 | 54 | 3 | 13.6% |
| Adams County | 66 | 62 | 2 | 44.6% |
| Keokuk County | 64 | 51 | 13 | 17.1% |
| Adair County | 62 | 51 | 10 | 18.7% |
| Humboldt County | 60 | 51 | 36 | 13.5% |
| Louisa County | 59 | 44 | 10 | 30.8% |
| Howard County | 58 | 52 | 4 | 24.6% |
| Hardin County | 53 | 33 | 2 | 7.3% |
| Osceola County | 53 | 43 | 4 | 18.6% |
| Cedar County | 51 | 38 | 211 | 7.6% |
| Mitchell County | 48 | 39 | no data | 23.8% |
| Chickasaw County | 44 | 30 | no data | 12% |
| Ida County | 43 | 29 | no data | 11.8% |
| Worth County | 43 | 37 | 8 | 30% |
| Butler County | 41 | 28 | no data | 6.3% |
| Wayne County | 33 | 25 | 5 | 22.9% |
| Pocahontas County | 28 | 24 | 4 | 14.7% |
| Davis County | 26 | 22 | 5 | 14.3% |
| Grundy County | 21 | 14 | no data | 7.9% |
| Audubon County | 20 | 13 | 6 | 10% |
| Tama County | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3.6% |
| Van Buren County | 15 | 12 | 2 | 7.1% |
| Iowa County | 7 | 0 | no data | no data |
The wait is the time households who were admitted spent waiting. Everyone still on a list is absent from HUD's file entirely, so the real wait is longer than any figure here. Need is from HUD CHAS (2017-2021 ACS); supply is from the HUD Picture file (2025). See the methodology.
Generated 2026-07-13 02:52 UTC
Source: HUD Picture of Subsidized Households (2025 snapshot, 2009-2025 trend) joined to HUD CHAS 2017-2021 ACS for the eligible-household denominator