Zip lookup · IA

50514
Armstrong, Iowa.

Armstrong, Emmet County, IA · population 1,117

What it costs per month · 50514 $880/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$469 (+114%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $9,555 +6%
$158,087$167,642 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $42,394 +34%
$125,248$167,642 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 50514 $880 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 50514$880
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.

Typical home values in zip 50514 rose 6.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Emmet County, IA 65% · Kossuth County, IA 35%

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

Typical home value $167,642 as of Sep 2026
+6.0%year on year

Typical home value — 50514

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 50514 $167,642 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 50514$167,642
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.7 50531 Dolliver 325 — $170,453
8.6 50590 Swea City 718 — $103,571
8.6 50578 Ringsted 633 — $178,111
11.0 56121 Ceylon 590 — $163,266
12.6 50539 Fenton 444 — $120,983
13.9 50556 Ledyard 159 — $150,381
14.3 50517 Bancroft 833 — $158,332
14.4 56031 Fairmont 11,665 — $198,046
15.1 51365 Wallingford 416 — $185,560
16.0 50559 Lone Rock 289 — $189,967
16.7 51334 Estherville 6,960 — $146,658
17.7 56127 Dunnell 474 — $341,838
17.8 51342 Graettinger 1,385 — $168,274
18.8 56039 Granada 880 — $348,749
19.0 56027 Elmore 692 — $82,294
19.4 50451 Lakota 432 — $122,260
19.4 50528 Cylinder 366 — $214,735
19.7 56181 Welcome 1,280 — $225,952

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