How much does a treadmill cost per month in Iowa?

About $1.49 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 17.06¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a treadmill use?

Roughly 105 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.70 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Iowa has the 23rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $19.07 a year.

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Cost to run a treadmill in Iowa (August 2026 rates)

At 17.06¢ per kilowatt-hour — Iowa's average residential price in August 2026 — running a treadmill costs $17.91 a year. That is 6% less than the national average of $19.07. Iowa's residential rate is up 10.2% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $16.25 to $17.91 a year.

Per hour: 11.9¢
Per day of use: 9.0¢
Per month: $1.49
Per year: $17.91

Assumption: 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year — 105 kWh a year. A residential motorized treadmill at a walking-to-jogging pace. Incline and heavier users push it higher. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Iowa compares

Iowa pays 17.06¢/kWh, the 23rd most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.16 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same treadmill costs $13.36 a year in Nevada and $49.54 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $36.18 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
New Mexico	16.51¢	$1.44	$17.34
Indiana	17.02¢	$1.49	$17.87
Iowa	17.06¢	$1.49	$17.91
Colorado	17.17¢	$1.50	$18.03
Minnesota	17.20¢	$1.50	$18.06

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a treadmill.

What else costs about the same in Iowa

Microwave$18.68 a year in IA Electric kettle$18.68 a year in IA Incandescent bulb$18.68 a year in IA

Cutting the number down

The console and its screen keep drawing when the belt is stopped. Unplugging between sessions removes a standby load.

Questions

How much does a treadmill cost per month in Iowa?: About $1.49 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 17.06¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a treadmill use?: Roughly 105 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.70 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Iowa has the 23rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $19.07 a year.