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Garbage Disposal Repair in Iowa

Across the 28 Iowa towns we route calls in, 79% of housing units are detached houses and 15% are in multi-unit buildings. That split decides who owns the machine under the sink, which decides who pays for it.

The quick answer

Of the housing in the 28 Iowa towns covered here, 79% is detached, 15% sits in multi-unit buildings and 4% is manufactured. Ownership of the disposal follows that split far more reliably than the fault does.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024.

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How Iowa is built

Housing type	Share of housing units
Detached houses	79%
Attached houses	2%
Multi-unit buildings	15%
Manufactured and mobile homes	4%

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024 (units in structure), 2023 release. Universe: 39,612 housing units including vacant ones, across the areas we cover.

The state does not divide evenly: 25 Iowa towns lead on detached houses, 2 Iowa towns lead on single-family housing, 1 Iowa towns lead on a mix of building types. That is why the town pages below carry their own figure rather than inheriting this one.

The largest towns we route

Town	Detached	Multi-unit	Housing units
Spirit Lake	78%	13%	6,638
Spencer	69%	27%	6,096
Estherville	81%	13%	3,265
Milford	74%	19%	3,104
Sheldon	78%	17%	2,776
Emmetsburg	78%	19%	2,127
Arnolds Park	57%	22%	1,622
Sibley	85%	13%	1,581

Checking a plumber in Iowa

Iowa licenses are issued by the Iowa Plumbing and Mechanical Systems Board, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.

Towns we route in Iowa

Armstrong 86% detached · 11% multi-unit
Arnolds Park 57% detached · 22% multi-unit
Ashton 97% detached · 1% multi-unit
Emmetsburg 78% detached · 19% multi-unit
Estherville 81% detached · 13% multi-unit
Everly 94% detached · 5% multi-unit
Fenton 98% detached · 0% multi-unit
Graettinger 91% detached · 8% multi-unit
Hartley 87% detached · 9% multi-unit
Lake Park 92% detached · 4% multi-unit
Laurens 91% detached · 7% multi-unit
Milford 74% detached · 19% multi-unit
Ocheyedan 93% detached · 6% multi-unit
Okoboji 54% detached · 32% multi-unit
Paullina 91% detached · 6% multi-unit
Peterson 95% detached · 3% multi-unit
Primghar 89% detached · 7% multi-unit
Ringsted 96% detached · 2% multi-unit
Royal 93% detached · 7% multi-unit
Ruthven 88% detached · 6% multi-unit
Sanborn 82% detached · 12% multi-unit
Sheldon 78% detached · 17% multi-unit
Sibley 85% detached · 13% multi-unit
Sioux Rapids 91% detached · 7% multi-unit
Spencer 69% detached · 27% multi-unit
Spirit Lake 78% detached · 13% multi-unit
Sutherland 87% detached · 6% multi-unit
Terril 98% detached · 2% multi-unit

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