Zip lookup · IA

50244
Slater, Iowa.

Slater, Polk County, IA · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro · population 1,729

What it costs per month · 50244 $1,554/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$812 (+109%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $8,529 +3%
$287,556$296,086 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $60,397 +26%
$235,688$296,086 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 50244 $1,554 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 50244$1,554
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.

Typical home values in zip 50244 rose 3.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 3 counties: Polk County, IA 60% · Story County, IA 38% · Boone County, IA 2%

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

Typical home value $296,086 as of Sep 2026
+3.0%year on year

Typical home value — 50244

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 50244 $296,086 Des Moines $292,513 United States $366,157
$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 50244$296,086
  • Des Moines$292,513
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 37 zips in range — sorting picks from all 37.

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2.5 50243 Sheldahl 361 — $227,194
3.4 50124 Huxley 4,859 $1,150 $344,001
4.2 50007 Alleman 444 — $381,604
4.6 50226 Polk City 7,759 $1,616 $429,534
6.3 50134 Kelley 770 — $348,673
7.1 50046 Cambridge 1,554 — $330,922
7.7 50073 Elkhart 1,208 — $327,938
8.5 50156 Madrid 4,575 — $285,152
8.6 50023 Ankeny 46,306 $1,459 $355,240
9.9 50109 Granger 3,309 — $382,079
10.0 50021 Ankeny 30,283 $1,469 $318,429
11.2 50131 Johnston 24,583 $1,356 $401,338
13.0 50161 Maxwell 2,296 — $326,490
13.0 50010 Ames 33,799 $1,251 $294,371
13.2 50035 Bondurant 10,131 $1,245 $331,526
13.4 50111 Grimes 16,865 $1,396 $346,634
13.6 50313 Des Moines 17,440 $1,158 $184,332
13.9 50014 Ames 32,958 $1,240 $312,833
14.0 50276 Woodward 2,679 — $289,551
15.5 50310 Des Moines 31,177 $913 $231,801
15.6 50322 Urbandale 31,931 $1,030 $289,882
16.5 50201 Nevada 8,320 $1,730 $247,370
17.0 50316 Des Moines 16,710 $1,228 $162,391
17.0 50323 Urbandale 17,265 $2,075 $457,873
17.0 50314 Des Moines 10,438 $1,082 $158,505
17.1 50317 Des Moines 36,548 $1,252 $191,095
17.3 50324 Windsor Heights 5,143 $1,400 $284,142
17.3 50311 Des Moines 14,574 $942 $225,988
17.4 50009 Altoona 22,886 $1,588 $320,331
18.0 50325 Clive 19,012 $1,857 $434,039

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