Area data
Iowa City, IA — ZIP 52242
Population: 4,688 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 379.0 (+3.7% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Low)
- 87.8 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 13.7¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $10.60/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Moderate
- Top hazards
- strongWind, coldWave, hail, tornado, winterWeather
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 50.0°F
- Average high
- 60.5°F
- Average low
- 39.5°F
- Annual precipitation
- 39.3 in
- Annual snowfall
- 28.0 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 39
- Days with Good air quality
- 259
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (11 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Picayune Airport (3 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) (13 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 1
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.0 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 93
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (3.9 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Households with broadband internet
- 61.9%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 52,214
- Average weekly wage
- $993
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Professional Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 492
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