Pay and cost of living in Mills County, IA
Across the 13 occupations we cover in Mills County, IA, the middle median salary is $40,020 a year. Pay runs from $29,450 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $90,620 for General and Operations Managers, a spread of $61,170. Wages come from the Omaha, NE-IA survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Mills County, IA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,219 a month and a two-bedroom $1,450. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $21,320 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $37,690 a year, and every one of the 13 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Mills County, IA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Mills County, IA, set beside the Iowa and national medians.
Median household income in Mills County, IA is $90,753, 21% above the Iowa median of $75,059 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($14,628) equals 16.1% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $40,020, is 56% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Mills County, IA pay a median of $3,494 a year in real estate taxes, 21% above the Iowa median of $2,897. With a median home value of $237,800, 14% above the Iowa median of $208,000, the ratio of the two medians is 1.47% a year.
Renters in Mills County, IA pay a median gross rent of $959 a month in the Census survey, 1% below the Iowa median of $972. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,219; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Mills County, IA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 25.6 minutes each way, 29% above the Iowa average of 19.8. 10.1% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.