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 +2.3% over 12 months would add roughly $565 a month in value to the owner's side, but the 80% range runs from −2.4% to +9.0%, 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 Des Moines, IA (100 = strongest).
| 50002 Adair, IA | $206,273 | ▲ 9.4% | ▲ 6.1% −1% to +14% | 100 |
| 50139 Lacona, IA | $309,261 | ▲ 6.5% | ▲ 5.1% −1% to +13% | 99 |
| 50232 Reasnor, IA | $252,272 | ▲ 9.1% | ▲ 5.0% −2% to +12% | 98 |
| 50141 Laurel, IA | $250,763 | ▲ 11.2% | ▲ 4.9% −2% to +12% | 96 |
| 50237 Runnells, IA | $438,818 | ▲ 4.7% | ▲ 4.8% −2% to +12% | 95 |
| 50048 Casey, IA | $210,587 | ▲ 8.1% | ▲ 4.8% −2% to +12% | 94 |
| 50153 Lynnville, IA | $299,101 | ▲ 7.7% | ▲ 4.8% −2% to +12% | 93 |
| 50250 Stuart, IA | $231,793 | ▲ 5.0% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 92 |
| 50166 Milo, IA | $277,983 | ▲ 5.8% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 90 |
| 50115 Guthrie Center, IA | $215,134 | ▲ 12.3% | ▲ 4.6% −2% to +12% | 89 |
| 50210 New Virginia, IA | $360,855 | ▲ 3.7% | ▲ 4.6% −2% to +12% | 88 |
| 50146 Linden, IA | $298,515 | ▲ 4.0% | ▲ 4.5% −2% to +12% | 87 |
| 50128 Jamaica, IA | $174,492 | ▲ 3.9% | ▲ 4.5% −2% to +12% | 86 |
| 50164 Menlo, IA | $226,423 | ▲ 4.1% | ▲ 4.5% −2% to +12% | 84 |
| 50240 Saint Charles, IA | $403,623 | ▲ 5.3% | ▲ 4.5% −2% to +12% | 83 |