Apartments in Downtown Iowa City

Iowa City:
March Rent Report

Welcome to the March 2025 Iowa City Apartment Report. In this assessment of the local rental market, Rentable data scientists and rental experts break down the March 2025 key findings and figures for the Iowa City rental landscape.

Our experts analyze the pricing trends — one-bedroom, two-bedroom, year-over-year and month-over-month — in Iowa City and surrounding areas and provide comparisons to the entire metro area, nearby cities and some of the most desirable and expensive cities in the United States. Take a look at the last 12 months of Iowa City average rent prices in the chart below.

March Prices: Iowa City vs. Surrounding Areas

Rent Prices in Iowa City and Surrounding Areas

Rent prices have decreased in Iowa City over the last month. But how have the surrounding areas fared when it comes to the recent volatility in apartment prices? Rent prices in 1 of the Iowa City suburb increased last month. On the other hand, 2 local areas experienced a decrease in the price of a one-bedroom apartment.

More key findings include:

• Rent increased in Coralville, IA .

• Rent decreased in Tiffin, IA, North Liberty, IA.

• 3 suburbs are currently priced higher than the city of Iowa City.

Data set for Iowa City and suburbs

Methodology

Each month, using over 1 million Rentable listings across the United States, we calculate the median 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom rent prices by city, state, and nation, and track the month-over-month percent change. To avoid small sample sizes, we restrict the analysis for our reports to cities meeting minimum population and property count thresholds.