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 +3.6% over 12 months would add roughly $592 a month in value to the owner's side, but the 80% range runs from −1.2% to +10.3%, 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 Waterloo, IA (100 = strongest).
| 50601 Ackley, IA | $147,902 | ▲ 5.3% | ▲ 5.4% −1% to +13% | 100 |
| 50647 Janesville, IA | $316,441 | ▲ 2.9% | ▲ 5.1% −1% to +13% | 97 |
| 50642 Holland, IA | $216,141 | ▲ 3.8% | ▲ 5.0% −1% to +13% | 94 |
| 50629 Fairbank, IA | $279,348 | ▲ 7.3% | ▲ 5.0% −2% to +12% | 91 |
| 50609 Beaman, IA | $222,202 | ▲ 3.7% | ▲ 5.0% −2% to +12% | 88 |
| 50651 La Porte City, IA | $241,577 | ▲ 3.0% | ▲ 4.8% −2% to +12% | 84 |
| 50621 Grundy Center, IA | $226,081 | ▲ 3.9% | ▲ 4.8% −2% to +12% | 81 |
| 50666 Plainfield, IA | $224,208 | ▲ 2.6% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 78 |
| 50665 Parkersburg, IA | $246,429 | ▲ 4.0% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 75 |
| 50648 Jesup, IA | $273,066 | ▲ 4.3% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 72 |
| 50669 Reinbeck, IA | $194,029 | ▲ 4.0% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 69 |
| 50630 Fredericksburg, IA | $211,145 | ▲ 9.1% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 66 |
| 50604 Aplington, IA | $183,542 | ▲ 2.2% | ▲ 4.6% −2% to +12% | 63 |
| 50612 Buckingham, IA | $358,415 | ▲ 6.9% | ▲ 4.6% −2% to +12% | 59 |
| 50668 Readlyn, IA | $223,095 | ▲ 1.2% | ▲ 4.5% −2% to +12% | 56 |