The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 50169 sells for about $308,500, or $229 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (+1%), a market in balance. Homes take about 57 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $809 a month.
ZIP 50169 — Mitchellville
The housing market in the 50169 area reflects the broader Des Moines metro trends, characterized by a balanced inventory and moderate price growth. While demand remains steady, the market is seeing a slight increase in days on market and a stable sale-to-list ratio, suggesting a cooling from previous high-competition periods.
Median prices moved up 1.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 57 days on market with 3.6 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
19% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98.9% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 1.7% · poverty 7.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ZCTA 50169, Polk 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.
The mean travel time to work for residents is approximately 23.5 minutes.
The area is part of the broader Des Moines-West Des Moines metropolitan economy, which features a diverse mix of industries including finance, insurance, and government services.
Data retrieved from Census Reporter and ACS 5-year tables for ZCTA 50169.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.