The 31st Street Apartments

📍 500 31st Street, Des Moines, IA 50312

📋 Property Overview

This home in North of Grand, Des Moines, Iowa comes with 1 bd / 1 ba. It measures 649 sq ft. Rents run from $799 to $823 a month. Inside, the home includes patio / balcony, air conditioning, dishwasher and refrigerator. Shared amenities include parking, on-site laundry, pet friendly and E-payments. Pets are allowed (dogs and cats), with pet rent of $30/month per pet. Parking on site includes surface lot. Leases run 12 months. Availability: Available Sep 26, 2026. Included in the rent: hot Water. The Walk Score here is 79, meaning most errands can be done on foot. Transit Score is 32. That is 31% below the local median of $1,150.

🚶 Getting Around

• Walk Score79/100

  Very Walkable

• Transit Score32/100

  Some Transit

💵 Costs & Lease

Deposit

$400

Lease length

12 months

Units available

2 units

Amounts are as published by the source and may change. Confirm before applying.

📐 Floor Plan Details

• One Bedroom Large1 bd · 1 ba · 649 sq ft$7951 unit available
• One Bedroom + Den1 bd · 1 ba · 828 sq ft$8201 unit available
• One Bedroom1 bd · 1 ba · 600 sq ftNone available right now

🧾 Move-in Costs & Lease

Security deposit

$400

Move-in fee

$100 admin fee

Lease length

12 months

Also available

13 months

Lease options

6 months, 12 months

Available

Available Sep 26, 2026

Move-in date

September 26, 2026

Application fee

$60 per applicant, paid to RivoRent

Property amounts are as published by the source and may change. Confirm before applying. The application fee is RivoRent's own and is the same on every listing.

🛡️ Renters Insurance — Estimated Cost

Based on what Iowa renters actually paid: NAIC industry data for 2023 (average HO-4 premium, 200,819 policy-years), adjusted to July 2026 with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics tenants' insurance index. It is a market average, not a price for this building and not a price for you.

Your own price depends most on your credit-based insurance score, your claims history and which carrier you choose. In published Ohio figures the same coverage ranges from $127 a year at excellent credit to $933 at poor credit. We do not ask for any of that, so we cannot narrow this for you.

💡 Utilities Included

• Hot Water

✅ Who Qualifies

Must have 2.5x the rent in total household income (before taxes)

🐾 Pets

Pets

Allowed

Types

Cats, Dogs

Pet rent

$30/month per pet

One-time pet fee

$300 per pet

✨ Features & Details

• Pet Friendly
• On-site laundry
• Patio / balcony
• Dishwasher
• 24hr maintenance
• Parking
• Air conditioning
• Oven
• Range
• Refrigerator
• Bathtub
• Carpet
• Extra storage
• Clubhouse
• Online portal
• Cats allowed
• Dogs allowed
• E-payments
• 649 sq ft
• 828 sq ft

📊 Property Facts

Walk Score

79 · Very Walkable

Transit Score

32 · Some Transit

🚗 Parking

• Surface lot

🎓 Nearby Schools

• Ruby Van Meter School · 6-121/10 · 0.4 mi
• Callanan Middle School · 6-83/10 · 0.4 mi
• Greenwood Elementary School · PK-54/10 · 0.5 mi
• Hubbell Elementary School · K-55/10 · 0.9 mi
• Downtown School · K-68/10 · 0.9 mi
• Roosevelt High School · 9-121/10 · 1.1 mi
• Edmunds Fine Arts Academy · PK-54/10 · 1.2 mi
• Merrill Middle School · 6-86/10 · 1.5 mi
• Walnut Street School · PK-52/10 · 1.6 mi
• Hanawalt Elementary School · PK-56/10 · 1.8 mi

🏡 Floor Plans

500-14

649 sq ft · 12 mo

Sep 26, 2026

$795

500-04

828 sq ft · 13 mo

Oct 30, 2026

$820