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Cost of living in Robins, Iowa

Robins, Iowa has about 3,332 people. Typical rent is $956 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $122,262 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 $956 a month.

Robins is a city in Iowa. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $122,262 a year.

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People
3,332
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$956
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$122,262
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$413,400
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,054
Cedar Rapids, IA HUD Metro FMR Area

Robins, Iowa has about 3,332 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $413,400.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Linn County is $1,054 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Robins. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Cedar Rapids, IA metro area, prices sit at 89.0 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 Robins'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 Robins bill.

In July 2026, a typical Iowa home paid 15.99¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Robins'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, 68 have higher typical rent than Robins.

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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.