Pay and cost of living in Jefferson County, IA
Jefferson County, IA is part of the Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area labor market, and this page summarizes 2 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $38,445 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators at $48,990, and the lowest is Cashiers at $27,900.
A one-bedroom apartment in Jefferson County, IA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $838 a month and a two-bedroom $1,096. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $16,748 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $31,598 a year, and every one of the 2 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Jefferson County, IA or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Jefferson County, IA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Jefferson County, IA, set beside the Iowa and national medians.
Median household income in Jefferson County, IA is $61,620, 18% below the Iowa median of $75,059 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($10,056) equals 16.3% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $38,445, is 38% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Jefferson County, IA pay a median of $2,311 a year in real estate taxes, 20% below the Iowa median of $2,897. With a median home value of $163,400, 21% below the Iowa median of $208,000, the ratio of the two medians is 1.41% a year.
Renters in Jefferson County, IA pay a median gross rent of $883 a month in the Census survey, 9% below the Iowa median of $972. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $838; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Jefferson County, IA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 15.9 minutes each way, 20% below the Iowa average of 19.8. 18.2% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.