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Cost of living in Carter Lake, Iowa

Carter Lake, Iowa has about 3,767 people. Typical rent is $1,323 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $85,349 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $1,323 a month.

Carter Lake is a city in Iowa. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $85,349 a year.

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People
3,767
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,323
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$85,349
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$169,400
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
Not matched
HUD county or town rent
Gas
$4.237
Midwest (PADD 2), week of October 12, 2026

Carter Lake, Iowa has about 3,767 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $169,400.

We could not match this place to a county, so there is no HUD rent on this page.

Iowa's prices sit at 87.8 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Iowa taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.9% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Carter Lake's exact store tax.

Some places in Iowa add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.08% of income. That is not a Carter Lake bill.

In July 2026, a typical Iowa home paid 15.99¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Carter Lake's bill.

EIA does not publish a Iowa gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Midwest (PADD 2) all-grades price was $4.237 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,033.76 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Iowa shares this price.

Among 264 places we list in Iowa with a rent figure, 11 have higher typical rent than Carter Lake.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.