Zip lookup · IA

50316
Des Moines, Iowa.

Des Moines, Polk County, IA · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro · population 16,710

What it costs per month · 50316 $852/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$447 (+110%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $3,593 -2%
$165,984$162,391 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $27,829 +21%
$134,562$162,391 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 50316 $852 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 50316$852
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.

Typical home values in zip 50316 fell 2.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $1,228 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $162,391 as of Sep 2026
-2.2%year on year

Asking rent — 50316

Against the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro and the national benchmark.

$1,200 $1,400 $1,600 $1,800 2026 50316 $1,228 Des Moines $1,280 United States $1,932
$1,200 $1,400 $1,600 $1,800 2026
  • 50316$1,228
  • Des Moines$1,280
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 50316

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 50316 $162,391 Des Moines $292,513 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 50316$162,391
  • Des Moines$292,513
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 48 zips in range — sorting picks from all 48.

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1.7 50314 Des Moines 10,438 $1,082 $158,505
2.1 50309 Des Moines 10,110 $1,261 $244,123
2.6 50317 Des Moines 36,548 $1,252 $191,095
3.5 50313 Des Moines 17,440 $1,158 $184,332
3.9 50311 Des Moines 14,574 $942 $225,988
4.1 50310 Des Moines 31,177 $913 $231,801
4.5 50312 Des Moines 15,802 $1,144 $294,463
4.6 50315 Des Moines 34,816 $1,073 $194,462
5.5 50320 Des Moines 24,807 $1,220 $263,487
5.9 50327 Pleasant Hill 13,177 $1,349 $316,320
5.9 50324 Windsor Heights 5,143 $1,400 $284,142
6.1 50321 Des Moines 7,900 $1,057 $355,961
7.3 50322 Urbandale 31,931 $1,030 $289,882
7.5 50009 Altoona 22,886 $1,588 $320,331
7.9 50021 Ankeny 30,283 $1,469 $318,429
8.3 50265 West Des Moines 33,488 $1,310 $308,180
8.4 50023 Ankeny 46,306 $1,459 $355,240
8.8 50131 Johnston 24,583 $1,356 $401,338
10.4 50325 Clive 19,012 $1,857 $434,039
10.7 50035 Bondurant 10,131 $1,245 $331,526
11.5 50266 West Des Moines 37,523 $1,368 $334,561
11.5 50047 Carlisle 6,690 — $289,289
11.5 50211 Norwalk 16,835 $1,208 $342,660
11.6 50323 Urbandale 17,265 $2,075 $457,873
12.1 50111 Grimes 16,865 $1,396 $346,634
12.7 50237 Runnells 3,635 — $434,868
13.2 50169 Mitchellville 3,667 — $277,405
13.2 50073 Elkhart 1,208 — $327,938
13.5 50061 Cumming 2,123 — $605,442
13.5 50007 Alleman 444 — $381,604

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