Zip lookup · IA

50236
Roland, Iowa.

Roland, Story County, IA · Ames, IA metro · population 1,761

What it costs per month · 50236 $1,359/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$719 (+112%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $12,545 +5%
$246,410$258,955 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $57,169 +28%
$201,786$258,955 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 50236 $1,359 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 50236$1,359
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.

Typical home values in zip 50236 rose 5.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Roland, IA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $258,955 as of Sep 2026
+5.1%year on year

Typical home value — 50236

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 50236 $258,955 Ames $277,302 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 50236$258,955
  • Ames$277,302
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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4.8 50154 McCallsburg 394 — $237,962
6.9 50248 Story City 4,216 — $285,918
8.7 50105 Gilbert 1,487 — $338,759
9.5 50201 Nevada 8,320 $1,730 $247,370
9.5 50278 Zearing 891 — $263,245
9.8 50230 Radcliffe 1,145 — $202,113
10.7 50010 Ames 33,799 $1,251 $294,371
12.2 50075 Ellsworth 807 — $214,705
12.9 50122 Hubbard 1,297 — $168,899
13.4 50130 Jewell 1,468 — $216,067
13.5 50014 Ames 32,958 $1,240 $312,833
14.0 50056 Colo 1,003 — $257,710
16.1 50206 New Providence 349 — $181,262
17.3 50246 Stanhope 614 — $175,762
18.5 50134 Kelley 770 — $348,673
19.2 50247 State Center 2,004 — $295,635
19.3 50046 Cambridge 1,554 — $330,922
19.7 50036 Boone 16,154 $814 $210,679

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.