Commercial Real Estate Market in Newton, IA
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
35 active listings and 904 off-market properties in Newton, IA.
Market Trends
Newton, IA spans 158.5 square miles in Jasper County, Iowa. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Newton, IA has a median asking sale price of $47/SF (based on 3 listings). Vacancy runs 21.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 13.7% in 2019.
Retail
Retail space in Newton, IA has a median asking sale price of $73/SF (based on 6 listings). Vacancy runs 6.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, down from 8% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Newton, IA runs 4.9% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 4.4% in 2019. Nearly 1.6x the 2022 low of 3.1%.
Multifamily
Multifamily space in Newton, IA has a median asking sale price of $94/SF (based on 6 listings). Vacancy runs 8% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 6.5% in 2022.
Zoning & Land Use
Land Use Mix share of zoned land by category
- Residential 47.4%
- Industrial 26.5%
- Commercial 25.5%
- Civic 0.5%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Newton, IA zones 7,177 acres across 13 districts. Commercial zoning covers 25.5% of zoned land, residential 47.4% and industrial 26.5%. The largest single district is One And Two Family Dwelling District at 27.9%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 52% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
The C-A: Arterial Commercial District is a medium intensity commercial district intended to provide for business activities located along and adjacent to major traffic generators which are substantially dependent upon vehicular access to support the nature of the business. (B) Locational criteria. The C-A: Arterial Commercial District is appropriately locate…
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Newton, IA has 20,918 residents in 8,919 households. Density runs 132 people per square mile. Median household income here is $61,064 and median gross rent $830 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 32 active for-sale and 3 active for-lease listings in Newton, IA. The sale median is based on 14 of the for-sale listings that state a price per square foot; too few for-lease listings state a rent per square foot for a rent median. These are ASKING figures from live listings, not closed-transaction prices, and a figure resting on fewer than 10 listings says so where it is quoted.
- Vacancy rates
- Published per-sector market series, taken at the metro level where one exists and otherwise at the Census-region level — a chart reading "in <region> region" is a regional number, not this city's.
- Zoning and land use
- The current municipal zoning release: 7,177 zoned acres across 13 districts. Shares are of zoned land, so parcels the release leaves unclassified are excluded from the mix.
- Refresh
- The monthly aggregates close at the end of the previous month, so 31 October 2026 — not today — is the honest last update.
- Known limitations
- office vacancy is reported at Midwest region level, retail vacancy is reported at Midwest region level and industrial vacancy is reported at Midwest region level.
- Coverage
- Metrics below the 10-observation threshold fall back one geographic level. The geography used is named on each figure.
Compiled by the Realmo Data team · reviewed 31 October 2026 · How Realmo checks market page data · Report a data issue
