Iowa City housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Iowa City home prices: the Zillow Home Value Index shows $300,467 for a typical home in September 2026, up 3.0% on a year earlier, at a record monthly high for Iowa City, Iowa.
- Value of a typical home
- $300,467September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- +3.0% since September 2025.
Iowa City home prices since 2000
Iowa City is the steel line; the United States is the grey line. Since January 2009, a typical home in Iowa City went from $180,444 to $300,467, ×1.67, against ×1.99 for the US across those months.
Median home price by year for Iowa City
Each yearly figure averages its twelve monthly values; for 2026 the latest month is shown.
| Year | Iowa City | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | $179,573 | $177,542 | |
| 2010 | $178,917 | −0.4% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $177,480 | −0.8% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $177,730 | +0.1% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $181,584 | +2.2% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $187,610 | +3.3% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $194,115 | +3.5% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $198,889 | +2.5% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $205,391 | +3.3% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $213,917 | +4.2% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $221,769 | +3.7% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $227,366 | +2.5% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $238,179 | +4.8% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $258,964 | +8.7% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $271,082 | +4.7% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $278,521 | +2.7% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $289,151 | +3.8% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $300,467 | +3.0% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Iowa City in any year is worth now
An index-based estimate of a typical home, not an appraisal.
Each year averages twelve monthly index values; September 2026 is the current value. See also: home appreciation calculator.
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Iowa City housing market forecast
In the Iowa City, IA metro, Zillow's forecast shows +3.3% across the 12 months beginning September 2026, and +0.8% across the next three months. On the typical value of $300,467 for Iowa City's market, that forecast works out to roughly $310,400 a year later.
Here the metro figure is Zillow's central estimate, restated; the site itself offers no forecast of its own. Forecasts like this one over 12 months have typically been off by several percentage points from the realised change, in both directions. Nothing here is investment advice.
One table with forecasts for every metro: housing market forecast.
Iowa City housing market crash risk score
Moderate, 28 of 100
For the 292 cities, the score uses five conditions that were high before past price falls to place Iowa City. Each input is placed against the other cities on a scale of 0 to 100, and the five results are averaged with equal weight. It shows conditions as they are now; it does not predict a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −40.4% | 7 | 20% |
| Time on the market vs 2019 | −1.6% | 34 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 14.6 | 23 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 5.0 | 54 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +3.0% | 20 | 20% |
Nothing here is investment advice. How the inputs get scored: scoring method. All 292 cities, ranked: crash risk rankings.
Iowa City inventory and days on market
In September 2026 the Iowa City, IA metro showed 611 homes for sale, down 28.1% on a year earlier and down 40.4% compared with the same month in 2019. Selling took a median of 62 days (−1.6% against 2019), and a price cut appeared on 11.5% of listings.
| Iowa City, IA metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 611 | −28.1% |
| New listings | 188 | |
| Median days on market | 62 | +0.8% |
| Median list price | $379,973 | +9.8% |
| Share with a price cut | 11.5% |
Metro inventory from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. See every metro: days on market by city.
Living and rent costs in Iowa City
Iowa City's typical asking rent is $1,713 a month, +9.1% on a year, by the Zillow Observed Rent Index. That rent would take 14.6 years to cover the price of the typical home. Median household income stands at $60,650 (Census ACS 2024), which puts a typical home at 5.0 times yearly household income. On BEA figures, metro prices stand at 91.5 while the US average is 100, and housing costs come to 84.0.
Other Iowa housing markets
- Des Moines at $208,053.
- Cedar Rapids $215,727
- Davenport at $194,286.
- Sioux City $200,738
For the whole state: Iowa housing market.
How to read this chart
Each point on the chart shows the Zillow Home Value Index for Iowa City, which covers the middle third of the market. The measure follows a typical home, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, and is expressed in the dollars of that month. The hollow dot shows the month picked on the slider, and the terracotta dot shows the most recent month. No inflation adjustment is applied to the figures, and an index tracks the typical home rather than one house: use the card above or the appreciation calculator to work out what a single home is worth from its own sale price.