Cost of living in Lone Tree, Iowa
Lone Tree, Iowa has about 1,218 people. Typical rent is $963 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $90,625 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.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $963 a month.
Lone Tree is a city in Iowa. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $90,625 a year.
- People
- 1,218
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $963
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $90,625
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $179,800
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,180
- Iowa City, IA HUD Metro FMR Area
Lone Tree, Iowa has about 1,218 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $179,800.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Johnson County is $1,180 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Lone Tree. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Iowa City, IA metro area, prices sit at 91.5 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Iowa taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.9% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Lone Tree'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 Lone Tree bill.
In July 2026, a typical Iowa home paid 15.99¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Lone Tree's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Iowa in the table we use.
Among 264 places we list in Iowa with a rent figure, 66 have higher typical rent than Lone Tree.
Nearby places
- West Liberty
Typical rent $1,038
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Typical rent $1,094
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Typical rent $1,053
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Typical rent $1,588
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Typical rent $853
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Typical rent $623
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Typical rent $1,057
- Washington
Typical rent $968
Compare with Lone Tree
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
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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.