Cost of living in Mount Ayr, Iowa
Mount Ayr, Iowa has about 1,816 people. Typical rent is $707 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $74,167 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 $707 a month.
Mount Ayr is a city in Iowa. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $74,167 a year.
- People
- 1,816
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $707
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $74,167
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $152,000
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $927
- Ringgold County, IA
Mount Ayr, Iowa has about 1,816 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $152,000.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Ringgold County is $927 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Mount Ayr. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
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 Mount Ayr'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 Mount Ayr bill.
In July 2026, a typical Iowa home paid 15.99¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Mount Ayr'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, 231 have higher typical rent than Mount Ayr.
Nearby places
- Lamoni
Typical rent $644
Compare with Mount Ayr - Lenox
Typical rent $1,003
Compare with Mount Ayr - Creston
Typical rent $703
Compare with Mount Ayr - Leon
Typical rent $577
Compare with Mount Ayr - Bedford
Typical rent $764
Compare with Mount Ayr - Osceola
Typical rent $943
Compare with Mount Ayr - Corning
Typical rent $754
- Albany
Typical rent $550
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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.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Iowa
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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.