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Cost to run a coffee maker in Iowa (July 2026 rates)
At 15.99¢ per kilowatt-hour — Iowa's average residential price in July 2026 — running a coffee maker costs $26.26 a year. That is 13% less than the national average of $30.07. Iowa's residential rate is up 4.4% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $25.15 to $26.26 a year.
- Per hour
- 14.4¢
- Per day of use
- 7.2¢
- Per month
- $2.19
- Per year
- $26.26
Assumption: 900 W, 30 minutes a day, 365 days a year — 164 kWh a year. Ten minutes of brewing plus 20 minutes on the warming plate. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Iowa compares
Iowa pays 15.99¢/kWh, the 24th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.81 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same coffee maker costs $20.89 a year in Louisiana and $78.84 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $57.95 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 15.88¢ | $2.17 | $26.08 |
| Oregon | 15.97¢ | $2.19 | $26.23 |
| Iowa | 15.99¢ | $2.19 | $26.26 |
| Missouri | 16.09¢ | $2.20 | $26.43 |
| New Mexico | 16.09¢ | $2.20 | $26.43 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a coffee maker.
What else costs about the same in Iowa
Cutting the number down
- The warming plate, not the brew, is where the hours go. Decanting into a thermal carafe removes it entirely.
- Single-serve pod machines heat less water per cup but idle at temperature; the two effects roughly cancel.
Questions
- How much does a coffee maker cost per month in Iowa?
- About $2.19 a month, assuming 900 W, 30 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 15.99¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a coffee maker use?
- Roughly 164 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.90 kWh for every hour it runs.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Iowa has the 24th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $30.07 a year.