Country of Clubs Directory

Country Clubs in Iowa

Country of Clubs currently tracks 60 active Clubs across 53 cities in Iowa. Membership costs, access, golf and lifestyle details appear when they are supported by the directory evidence.

The documented Club timeline in Iowa includes early records such as Council Bluffs Country Club (1887), Fairfield Golf & Country Club (1892), and Elks Lodge 590 Golf Course (1896). Across 53 Clubs with a usable founding year, the median documented founding year is 1927; these dates describe the current directory evidence rather than a complete history of golf in the state.

Active Clubs
60
Detailed profiles
44
Cities represented
53

Club profiles

Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$0
Dues
$181.50 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$1,200Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $0 initiation (Membership Packages, effective 2018) + $100 / month dues (Membership Packages, effective 2018).
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$25,000
Dues
$725 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$21,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $15,000 initiation (Individual Or Family Golf, effective 2026) + $500 / month dues (Individual Or Family Golf, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Burlington, IA

Burlington Golf Club

Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$1,000
Dues
$503.91 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$7,046.92Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $1,000 initiation (Class 1 Stockholder Age 40 Plus, effective 2025) + $503.91 / month dues (Class 1 Stockholder Age 40 Plus, effective 2025).
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$7,500
Dues
$5,940 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$9,500Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $5,000 initiation (Golf Membership, effective 2026) + $4,500 / year dues (Golf Membership, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$15,000
Dues
$650 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$8,600Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $5,000 initiation (Golf Membership Estimate, effective 2023) + $300 / month dues (Golf Membership Estimate, effective 2023). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Pleasant Valley, IA

Davenport Country Club

Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$37,500
Dues
$750 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$31,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $25,000 initiation (Full Equity Estimate, effective 2023) + $500 / month dues (Full Equity Estimate, effective 2023). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private2 coursesPoolDining
Initiation
$24,000
Dues
$500 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$30,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $24,000 initiation (Regular Golf, effective 2026) + $500 / month dues (Regular Golf, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$20,000
Dues
$7,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$15,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,000 initiation (Unspecified, effective 2026) + $5,000 / year dues (Unspecified, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$17,500
Dues
$750 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$16,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,000 initiation (Individual Golf) + $500 / month dues (Individual Golf). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Cedar Rapids, IA

Elmcrest Country Club

Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$15,000
Dues
$450 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$14,800Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,000 initiation (Individual) + $400 / month dues (Individual). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Iowa Club statisticsOpen the price, access, lifestyle and historical report

State research snapshot

What the Club data shows in Iowa

This report turns the currently documented Club records into comparable state-level context while keeping missing information out of the calculations.

Membership market

How documented Club costs in Iowa compare

These benchmarks compare recent records with the same fee type, currency, billing period and membership category. They provide market context, not a quotation for every Club.

Documented initiation fees

$1,500

Median for 7 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $1,000 and $4,750. That is 94.0% below the compatible nationwide median of $25,000, calculated from 1,262 records.

Comparable effective years: 2025–2026

Documented monthly dues

$192.09

Median for 7 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $152.75 and $497.50. That is 69.3% below the compatible nationwide median of $625, calculated from 983 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Access landscape

How Clubs in Iowa are accessed

Private membership is the largest documented access group in this sample, representing 58.6% of 58 Clubs with a known access type.

Private membership58.6%
34 Clubs in the state sample · 72.6% of the comparable nationwide sample
Semi-private22.4%
13 Clubs in the state sample · 5.1% of the comparable nationwide sample
Public or municipal12.1%
7 Clubs in the state sample · 3.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Other documented access6.9%
4 Clubs in the state sample · 10.2% of the comparable nationwide sample

Club life

What stands out in Iowa Club life

Only meaningful, adequately sampled differences from the nationwide Club data appear as percentages. Positive-only amenity evidence is reported as a documented count, never treated as proof that other Clubs lack the feature.

Golf depth1.02

documented courses per Club across 58 records with a known course count

Multi-course Clubs1.7%

1 Club in the state sample compared with 11.1% nationwide

Documented lifestyle combinations

  • Golf, pool and diningDocumented at 32 Clubs
  • Golf, racquets and poolDocumented at 18 Clubs
  • Golf, fitness and diningDocumented at 7 Clubs

Documented timeline

Club history represented in Iowa

Founding years are currently documented for 53 Club records. The earliest entries and distribution by era are shown below.

  1. Council Bluffs Country Club1887
  2. Fairfield Golf & Country Club1892
  3. Elks Lodge 590 Golf Course1896
Before 192032.1%
17 Clubs
1920–194930.2%
16 Clubs
1950–197928.3%
15 Clubs
1980–19993.8%
2 Clubs
2000–present5.7%
3 Clubs

Documented culture

Recurring Club culture signals in Iowa

Culture labels appear only when supported by researched Club evidence and should not be read as a judgment of every Club in the state.

  • Golf-first96.2% of 52 researched records
  • Community-oriented57.7% of 52 researched records
  • Socially active51.9% of 52 researched records
  • Family-oriented50.0% of 52 researched records
  • Relaxed44.2% of 52 researched records
  • Dining-focused38.5% of 52 researched records