Zip lookup · IA

50472
Saint Ansgar, Iowa.

Saint Ansgar, Mitchell County, IA · Mason City, IA metro · population 2,560

What it costs per month · 50472 $1,310/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$764 (+140%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $13,708 +6%
$235,791$249,500 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $70,919 +40%
$178,581$249,500 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 50472 $1,310 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 50472$1,310
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.

Typical home values in zip 50472 rose 5.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Mitchell County, IA 85% · Worth County, IA 15%

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

Typical home value $249,500 as of Sep 2026
+5.8%year on year

Typical home value — 50472

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 50472 $249,500 Mason City $202,575 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 50472$249,500
  • Mason City$202,575
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.3 55953 Lyle 901 — $197,963
8.8 50440 Grafton 361 — $181,500
9.4 50476 Stacyville 706 — $176,177
10.8 50461 Osage 5,228 — $205,344
13.3 55970 Rose Creek 1,068 — $296,294
13.5 50464 Plymouth 694 — $199,386
14.4 55909 Adams 1,387 — $253,148
15.1 50455 McIntire 201 — $197,507
15.5 50459 Northwood 3,045 — $204,393
15.9 50448 Kensett 620 — $183,165
16.4 56036 Glenville 1,740 — $238,953
16.4 50456 Manly 1,699 — $152,775
18.1 55912 Austin 29,632 $1,161 $189,158
18.1 50471 Rudd 740 — $168,775
18.4 50458 Nora Springs 2,094 — $194,514
18.7 50460 Orchard 688 — $327,352

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