The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 52242 sells for about $365,000, or $185 per square foot.
Prices are up +1.36% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 49 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,350 a month.
This ZIP has no home sales of its own, so its market figures come from Johnson County, Iowa (county-level). Population, rents, hazards, lending and amenities are this ZIP's own readings.
ZIP 52242 — Iowa City
ZIP 52242 is primarily an institutional/university-focused area with limited residential market data available in standard real estate portals. Market metrics for this specific ZIP are not currently published by major aggregators, necessitating reliance on broader Johnson County or Iowa City city-level data for housing analysis.
Median prices moved up 1.4% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 49 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 11.8% · poverty 62.5% — elevated distress and economic pressure.
ZCTA 52242, Johnson County IA
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Iowa) — Iowa Property Tax Assessment Limitation: The taxable value is determined by applying an assessment limitation (rollback) to the assessed market value. The limitation is calculated annually to restrict the growth in aggregate taxable value for the residential class to 3% statewide.
Data for ZCTA 52242 is limited in public market reports due to its specific institutional/university-centric nature.
- The Fun Station Cedar Rapids4.517 mi
- The Iowa Children's Museum4.83.4 mi
- DEFY Iowa City4.41.8 mi
- Cryptiq Escapes4.92.3 mi
- The Slime Kitchen4.93.4 mi
- Kinnick Stadium4.80.1 mi
- Big Grove Brewery & Taproom4.61.2 mi
- Carver-Hawkeye Arena4.70.4 mi
- Xtream Arena4.31.7 mi
- Cedar Ridge Distillery4.713.6 mi
- PinSocial Tiffin46.4 mi
- Devonian Fossil Gorge4.64.4 mi
- Lake Macbride State Park4.69.6 mi
- The Iowa Children's Museum4.83.4 mi
- DEFY Iowa City4.41.8 mi
- The Iowa Children's Museum4.83.4 mi
- Stanley Museum of Art4.60.5 mi
- Herbert Hoover National Historic Site4.710.5 mi
- Old Capitol Museum4.70.7 mi
- The Englert Theatre4.70.8 mi
- Devonian Fossil Gorge4.64.4 mi
- Lake Macbride State Park4.69.6 mi
- F.W. Kent Park4.710.4 mi
- City Park4.61.1 mi
- Penn Meadows Park4.56.7 mi
- PinSocial Tiffin46.4 mi
- Finkbine Golf Course4.60.8 mi
- Pleasant Valley Golf Course4.33.6 mi
- Saddleback Ridge Golf Course & Driving Range4.410.5 mi
- Blue Top Ridge Golf Course4.511.1 mi
- Coral Ridge Mall4.43.5 mi
- Wilson's Orchard & Farm (Iowa City)4.56.2 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.42.7 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.55.2 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.31.5 mi
- Eastern Iowa Airport4.217.7 mi
- Eastern Iowa Airport4.617.7 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.