The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 50226 sells for about $335,390, 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 $867 a month.
ZIP 50226 — Polk City
The housing market in 50226 is currently balanced, characterized by moderate price growth and stable inventory levels. Local sales activity aligns with broader Des Moines trends, where demand remains steady despite affordability pressures. Figures for this ZIP are derived from local market reports and regional aggregations.
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 3.4% · poverty 5.9% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
net influx — more people moved in than out
ZCTA 50226, 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.
Data retrieved from data.census.gov ZCTA 50226 profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 1 researched property in this ZIP (latest reading each) — each property weighs one; per point, properties lacking the value are excluded. Property-level records (taxes, scores, permits) never roll individually.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.