Zip lookup · IA

50424
Buffalo Center, Iowa.

Buffalo Center, Winnebago County, IA · population 1,441

What it costs per month · 50424 $810/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$360 (+80%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $14,434 +10%
$139,834$154,268 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $15,907 +11%
$138,361$154,268 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 50424 $810 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 50424$810
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 32 years.

Typical home values in zip 50424 rose 10.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Winnebago County, IA 62% · Kossuth County, IA 38%

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

Typical home value $154,268 as of Sep 2026
+10.3%year on year

Typical home value — 50424

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 50424 $154,268 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 50424$154,268
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.4 50451 Lakota 432 — $122,260
8.3 50478 Thompson 737 — $94,459
11.7 50484 Woden 411 — $109,937
11.8 50480 Titonka 809 — $135,893
11.9 56027 Elmore 692 — $82,294
13.1 50556 Ledyard 159 — $150,381
13.9 56014 Bricelyn 727 — $146,528
14.6 50432 Crystal Lake 283 — $88,995
15.1 50453 Leland 537 — $168,610
15.2 56051 Kiester 610 — $109,296
16.0 50517 Bancroft 833 — $158,332
17.0 56013 Blue Earth 4,535 — $179,730
17.4 50436 Forest City 5,771 — $181,492
17.8 50590 Swea City 718 — $103,571
19.2 50522 Burt 705 — $121,383

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