Home values, rents and more in Iowa City, IA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Iowa City compares
The typical home in Iowa City, IA is worth about $300,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Iowa City are about the same as the typical value in the Iowa City metro area ($300,000) and 18% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Iowa City rose 3.0%, compared with +3.0% in the Iowa City metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,713 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Iowa City metro area ($1,757) and 11% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 9.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $58,546, against $75,088 in the Iowa City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 75,752 people live in Iowa City (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Iowa City has the 9th-highest typical home value of the 18 cities in the Iowa City metro area and the 116th-highest of 770 in Iowa with Zillow figures.
Part of: Johnson County, IA · Iowa City metro area · Iowa
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.