Monthly cost of buying the typical home, at today's average 30-year rate. Change any number to fit your situation.
Zillow doesn't publish a rent index for this area.
Our forecast of +4.3% over 12 months would add roughly $1,004 a month in value to the owner's side, but the 80% range runs from −0.5% to +11.1%, so treat it as uncertain.
Estimates only. Excludes maintenance (often about 1% of the price a year), the return the down payment could earn elsewhere, and tax effects. Rent is the Zillow Observed Rent Index, a typical market rent for all home types.
Redfin, all residential, monthly. These feed the metro trend model.
Strongest forecast relative to the metro first. “vs. metro” ranks each ZIP within Ames, IA (100 = strongest).
| 50278 Zearing, IA | $268,593 | ▲ 6.1% | ▲ 6.2% −0% to +14% | 100 |
| 50217 Paton, IA | $209,806 | ▲ 6.2% | ▲ 6.2% −0% to +14% | 94 |
| 50046 Cambridge, IA | $339,498 | ▲ 3.5% | ▲ 5.9% −1% to +13% | 89 |
| 50055 Collins, IA | $280,032 | ▲ 6.1% | ▲ 5.8% −1% to +13% | 83 |
| 50134 Kelley, IA | $352,124 | ▲ 5.2% | ▲ 5.5% −1% to +13% | 78 |
| 50056 Colo, IA | $263,445 | ▲ 4.5% | ▲ 5.4% −1% to +13% | 72 |
| 50236 Roland, IA | $263,074 | ▲ 5.1% | ▲ 5.3% −1% to +13% | 67 |
| 50105 Gilbert, IA | $341,321 | ▲ 3.3% | ▲ 5.1% −1% to +13% | 61 |
| 50248 Story City, IA | $290,039 | ▲ 5.0% | ▲ 5.0% −2% to +12% | 56 |
| 50201 Nevada, IA | $249,268 | ▲ 2.4% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 50 |
| 50212 Ogden, IA | $239,260 | ▲ 4.9% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 44 |
| 50010 Ames, IA | $297,011 | ▲ 2.9% | ▲ 4.6% −2% to +12% | 39 |
| 50107 Grand Junction, IA | $122,732 | ▲ 1.2% | ▲ 4.6% −2% to +12% | 33 |
| 50223 Pilot Mound, IA | $184,029 | ▲ 9.5% | ▲ 4.6% −2% to +12% | 28 |
| 50156 Madrid, IA | $286,565 | ▲ 3.1% | ▲ 4.4% −2% to +12% | 22 |