Iowa County, Iowa Eviction Risk: Very Low

Iowa County carries an average eviction-risk score of 2.7/10 (Low) across its 15 cities, placing it at rank 46 of 99 Iowa eviction laws counties, meaning 45 counties statewide are riskier and 53 are more landlord-friendly. That middle-of-the-road position translates to a rental market where eviction pressure is modest by Iowa eviction laws standards, average rent runs $675, and the average rent-burden rate sits at 23.2%, a figure that suggests most renters are not severely stretched.

Within the county the spread is tight, moving from a low of 2.4 to a high of 3/10, so no single community swings dramatically from the county average. With a renter share of 28.7% of occupied units and a poverty rate of 7.8%, Iowa County is a stable, lower-volatility environment, not a boom market but a predictable one for landlords who manage their properties attentively.

The cities inside Iowa County

Risk is meaningfully hyper-local even inside a low-risk county. At the top of the range, East Amana carries the county's highest score at 3/10, followed by Amana (population 755) at 2.9/10 and Parnell (population 303) also at 2.9/10. Conroy and the cluster of Walford, Middle Amana, Ladora, and Millersburg all come in at 2.8/10, still well within the Low tier but worth noting for landlords comparing acquisition targets.

The lowest-risk communities include Homestead at 2.5/10, Williamsburg (population 3,360) and North English (population 852) both at 2.6/10, and the county seat of Marengo (population 2,725) at 2.7/10. Landlords seeking the most predictable operating conditions within the county will find Williamsburg and Marengo, the two largest communities, also happen to carry some of its lower scores.

State-level laws that apply here

Every landlord in Iowa County operates under Iowa eviction laws Code § 562A (Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Law). For non-payment of rent, the required notice period is just 3 days; a lease-violation cure notice requires 7 days; and a no-cause end-of-term notice requires 30 days. Iowa eviction laws does not require just cause for eviction and the state preempts any local rent-control ordinance, so no municipality within Iowa County can impose rent caps. Understanding the full Iowa eviction laws eviction process matters here because even an uncontested case takes 21 to 40 days from filing to resolution, and a contested proceeding can run 45 to 100 days.

On the cost side, court filing fees range from $95 to $200, sheriff lockout fees from $50 to $150, and attorney fees from $500 to $2,500, so a landlord who needs legal representation should budget accordingly. Iowa eviction costs also include the 24-hour advance notice required before any landlord entry under Iowa eviction laws Code § 562A.15. Iowa security deposit limits and Iowa tenant protections are governed by the same chapter, making it straightforward to plan operations around a single statutory framework with no patchwork of local overrides.

With a county-wide poverty rate of 7.8% and a renter share of 28.7%, Iowa County's tenant base is relatively stable; review the city grid above to compare individual community scores before committing to a specific market within the county.