What is the 2026 poverty guideline for four people in Iowa?

The 2026 HHS poverty guideline for a household of four in Iowa is $33,000.

Iowa

A household of four is measured against a 2026 poverty guideline of $33,000. Iowa has adopted Medicaid expansion, so the adult income screen is 138 percent of poverty. The 2024 all-items state price parity is 87.8.

Sales tax: 6.9%
Wage income tax: Yes
Property tax: 1.29%

Benefit pages

Each program has its own page for Iowa. The label is the illustrative household of four at $48,000.

SNAP eligibility · unlikely
Medicaid and CHIP eligibility · maybe
WIC eligibility · likely
School meals eligibility · likely
LIHEAP eligibility · maybe
Earned Income Tax Credit eligibility · likely
Child Tax Credit eligibility · likely
Marketplace subsidies eligibility · likely
Lifeline eligibility · unlikely
SSI eligibility · unlikely
State programs eligibility · maybe

Counties

Adair County · 2-bed $954
Adams County · 2-bed $943
Allamakee County · 2-bed $927
Appanoose County · 2-bed $927
Audubon County · 2-bed $927
Benton County · 2-bed $982
Black Hawk County · 2-bed $1,096
Boone County · 2-bed $967
Bremer County · 2-bed $1,023
Buchanan County · 2-bed $937
Buena Vista County · 2-bed $1,031
Butler County · 2-bed $927
Calhoun County · 2-bed $927
Carroll County · 2-bed $927
Cass County · 2-bed $927
Cedar County · 2-bed $969
Cerro Gordo County · 2-bed $927
Cherokee County · 2-bed $927
Chickasaw County · 2-bed $927
Clarke County · 2-bed $946
Clay County · 2-bed $927
Clayton County · 2-bed $927
Clinton County · 2-bed $927
Crawford County · 2-bed $927
Dallas County · 2-bed $1,360
Davis County · 2-bed $1,066
Decatur County · 2-bed $927
Delaware County · 2-bed $927
Des Moines County · 2-bed $1,104
Dickinson County · 2-bed $1,091
Dubuque County · 2-bed $1,131
Emmet County · 2-bed $927
Fayette County · 2-bed $940
Floyd County · 2-bed $927
Franklin County · 2-bed $927
Greene County · 2-bed $927
Grundy County · 2-bed $1,096
Guthrie County · 2-bed $1,360
Hamilton County · 2-bed $1,004
Hancock County · 2-bed $927
Hardin County · 2-bed $927
Harrison County · 2-bed $1,450
Henry County · 2-bed $958
Howard County · 2-bed $927
Humboldt County · 2-bed $927
Ida County · 2-bed $927
Iowa County · 2-bed $927
Jackson County · 2-bed $927
Jasper County · 2-bed $989
Jefferson County · 2-bed $1,096
Johnson County · 2-bed $1,180
Jones County · 2-bed $927
Keokuk County · 2-bed $927
Kossuth County · 2-bed $954
Lee County · 2-bed $976
Linn County · 2-bed $1,054
Louisa County · 2-bed $927
Lucas County · 2-bed $951
Lyon County · 2-bed $945
Madison County · 2-bed $1,360
Mahaska County · 2-bed $946
Marion County · 2-bed $1,021
Marshall County · 2-bed $940
Mills County · 2-bed $1,450
Mitchell County · 2-bed $927
Monona County · 2-bed $927
Monroe County · 2-bed $927
Montgomery County · 2-bed $927
Muscatine County · 2-bed $1,093
O'Brien County · 2-bed $927
Osceola County · 2-bed $927
Page County · 2-bed $927
Palo Alto County · 2-bed $927
Plymouth County · 2-bed $1,018
Pocahontas County · 2-bed $927
Polk County · 2-bed $1,360
Pottawattamie County · 2-bed $1,450
Poweshiek County · 2-bed $1,014
Ringgold County · 2-bed $927
Sac County · 2-bed $927
Scott County · 2-bed $1,056
Shelby County · 2-bed $927
Sioux County · 2-bed $1,000
Story County · 2-bed $1,061
Tama County · 2-bed $945
Taylor County · 2-bed $927
Union County · 2-bed $927
Wapello County · 2-bed $1,076
Warren County · 2-bed $1,360
Washington County · 2-bed $1,002
Wayne County · 2-bed $927
Webster County · 2-bed $927
Winnebago County · 2-bed $927
Winneshiek County · 2-bed $927
Woodbury County · 2-bed $1,194
Worth County · 2-bed $927
Wright County · 2-bed $944

Towns

269 places in Iowa have a cost page and a benefits page.

Metros in this ranking

Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA
Des Moines · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA