Zip lookup · IA

50321
Des Moines, Iowa.

Des Moines, Polk County, IA · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro · population 7,900

What it costs per month · 50321 $1,868/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$935 (+100%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $7,803 +2%
$348,157$355,961 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $63,603 +22%
$292,358$355,961 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 50321 $1,868 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 50321$1,868
  • 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 50321 rose 2.2% over the past year — faster 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 $1,057 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $355,961 as of Sep 2026
+2.2%year on year

Asking rent — 50321

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

$1,000 $1,250 $1,500 $1,750 2026 50321 $1,057 Des Moines $1,280 United States $1,932
$1,000 $1,250 $1,500 $1,750 2026
  • 50321$1,057
  • Des Moines$1,280
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 50321

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 50321 $355,961 Des Moines $292,513 United States $366,157
$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 50321$355,961
  • Des Moines$292,513
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 44 zips in range — sorting picks from all 44.

10 mi 20 mi 50 mi
Miles Zip City Population Rent Home value
2.7 50315 Des Moines 34,816 $1,073 $194,462
2.8 50312 Des Moines 15,802 $1,144 $294,463
3.5 50265 West Des Moines 33,488 $1,310 $308,180
4.0 50309 Des Moines 10,110 $1,261 $244,123
4.2 50311 Des Moines 14,574 $942 $225,988
4.9 50324 Windsor Heights 5,143 $1,400 $284,142
5.0 50314 Des Moines 10,438 $1,082 $158,505
5.2 50320 Des Moines 24,807 $1,220 $263,487
5.9 50211 Norwalk 16,835 $1,208 $342,660
6.1 50310 Des Moines 31,177 $913 $231,801
6.1 50316 Des Moines 16,710 $1,228 $162,391
7.3 50322 Urbandale 31,931 $1,030 $289,882
7.4 50266 West Des Moines 37,523 $1,368 $334,561
7.5 50061 Cumming 2,123 — $605,442
8.2 50317 Des Moines 36,548 $1,252 $191,095
8.3 50325 Clive 19,012 $1,857 $434,039
8.4 50313 Des Moines 17,440 $1,158 $184,332
10.0 50327 Pleasant Hill 13,177 $1,349 $316,320
10.2 50323 Urbandale 17,265 $2,075 $457,873
11.2 50131 Johnston 24,583 $1,356 $401,338
11.6 50047 Carlisle 6,690 — $289,289
11.6 50263 Waukee 29,611 $1,632 $343,051
12.0 50160 Martensdale 569 — $221,352
12.6 50111 Grimes 16,865 $1,396 $346,634
12.7 50229 Prole 1,585 — $492,554
13.1 50009 Altoona 22,886 $1,588 $320,331
13.1 50023 Ankeny 46,306 $1,459 $355,240
13.6 50021 Ankeny 30,283 $1,469 $318,429
13.9 50261 Van Meter 3,399 — $424,639
15.1 50125 Indianola 20,121 $1,034 $313,775

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