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Assisted Living in Iowa

Iowa has 434 licensed assisted living communities listed on ElderCareCosts across 1,026 cities. The median estimated cost statewide is $5,381/mo. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings.

434 licensed assisted living communities listed.

Cost of assisted living in Iowa

Median monthly price, Iowa

$5,381/mo

Modeled range $5,137 – $5,848 how this range is derived

● Iowa $5,381 ○ National median $6,230

Published survey median · 2025

Median costs for assisted living versus Iowa and the middle state nationally. The 25th and 75th percentile rows are the modeled range explained on the methodology page; in the national column they are percentiles across state medians. Figures are estimates, not quotes.

Assisted Living cost comparison (2025)
Assisted LivingIowaNational
25th percentile$5,137/mo$5,488/mo
Median$5,381/mo$6,230/mo
75th percentile$5,848/mo$7,083/mo

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Source: Published survey median · 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Methodology
Why is this number different on other websites? Many directories quote a community's "starting at" rent, before care fees. This figure is the state survey median. It is an estimate to plan against, not a quote; ask each provider for its own number in writing. Our methodology →

Medicare generally does not cover long-term custodial care. Families usually combine private pay, long-term care insurance, VA Aid and Attendance, or a Medicaid waiver where they qualify. See paying for care and the state Medicaid guides.

Iowa licensing & regulation

Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL) — Health Facilities Division licenses and inspects assisted living communities in Iowa. Before you sign anything, look up the community's license status and past complaints on the state's own site, not a marketing page.

Source: State licensing agency.GOV

Medicaid & local resources in Iowa

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Iowa Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in Iowa resolve concerns about care and rights.

Official Ombudsman locator / program page

Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOV

Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.

Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.

Cities in Iowa

25 of the 1,026 cities we track in Iowa have their own assisted living page. Use search for the rest.

Counties in Iowa

County pages carry the local Area Agency on Aging, the state Medicaid waiver contacts and, for nursing homes, what federal inspectors recorded. Ordered by how many assisted living providers each county holds.

All 47 Iowa counties

Assisted Living providers in Iowa

Sample of licensed assisted living communities listed for Iowa. City pages show fuller local inventories.

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Frequently asked questions

Which cities in Iowa have assisted living listings?

We track 1026 Iowa cities for assisted living. See the city list on this page for options near you.

Past 60 days in Iowa: 6 added · 285 updated · 1 delisted. Most recent change Oct 1. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, assisted living in Iowa costs $5,381/month (median).

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (2026). Assisted Living in Iowa. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/assisted-living/iowa/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Assisted Living in Iowa." ElderCareCosts. Last modified August 10, 2026. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/assisted-living/iowa/.

These figures may be quoted and reproduced with attribution and a link back to this page. No permission needed. Methodology · Data sources · Who produces this · Corrections

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