# Iowa Senior Housing & Health Data
Iowa has 747 federally subsidized senior housing properties totaling 23,861 elderly units, of which 577 are rural and 569 sit inside a federally designated health professional shortage area.
## Portfolio at a glance
- Subsidized senior properties: 747
- Elderly units: 23,861
- HUD Section 202: 146 properties (8,952 units)
- USDA Section 515: 389 properties (8,284 units)
- Rural properties: 577 across 98 rural counties
- HPSA shortage-area properties: 569 (16,890 units)
- Population 65+: 569,081 (est. 207,650 living alone)
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Source: HUD, USDA RD, HRSA, CDC BRFSS/PLACES, HHS emPOWER, CMS. Snapshot 2026-08-04.
Canonical page: https://community.connective.care/data/state/IA