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 +3.8% over 12 months would add roughly $651 a month in value to the owner's side, but the 80% range runs from −0.9% to +10.6%, 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 Mason City, IA (100 = strongest).
| 50457 Meservey, IA | $111,869 | ▲ 1.3% | ▲ 5.7% −1% to +13% | 100 |
| 50433 Dougherty, IA | $229,669 | ▲ 7.8% | ▲ 5.5% −1% to +13% | 95 |
| 50472 Saint Ansgar, IA | $255,925 | ▲ 5.9% | ▲ 5.0% −2% to +12% | 89 |
| 50482 Ventura, IA | $320,859 | ▲ 2.6% | ▲ 4.9% −2% to +12% | 84 |
| 50448 Kensett, IA | $186,840 | ▲ 6.0% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 79 |
| 50428 Clear Lake, IA | $337,142 | ▲ 4.8% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 74 |
| 50446 Joice, IA | $207,389 | ▲ 6.9% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 68 |
| 50475 Sheffield, IA | $185,043 | ▲ 6.2% | ▲ 4.6% −2% to +12% | 63 |
| 50479 Thornton, IA | $164,952 | ▲ 3.5% | ▲ 4.5% −2% to +12% | 58 |
| 50468 Rockford, IA | $209,876 | ▲ 5.1% | ▲ 4.5% −2% to +12% | 53 |
| 50458 Nora Springs, IA | $193,835 | ▲ 5.7% | ▲ 4.5% −2% to +12% | 47 |
| 50464 Plymouth, IA | $197,554 | ▲ 2.7% | ▲ 4.5% −2% to +12% | 42 |
| 50469 Rockwell, IA | $212,307 | ▲ 2.0% | ▲ 4.3% −2% to +12% | 37 |
| 50440 Grafton, IA | $185,082 | ▲ 5.0% | ▲ 4.2% −2% to +12% | 32 |
| 50434 Fertile, IA | $181,400 | ▲ 5.2% | ▲ 4.2% −2% to +12% | 26 |