Cost of living in Black Hawk County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,096 a month.
That HUD number covers Black Hawk County, Iowa, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $763
- 1 bed
- $838
- 2 bed
- $1,096
- 3 bed
- $1,401
- 4 bed
- $1,832
This county is in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 87.1 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Waterloo · 67,008 people
- Cedar Falls · 40,888 people
- Evansdale · 4,518 people
- Hudson · 2,699 people
- Jesup · 2,561 people
- La Porte City · 2,071 people