Zip lookup · IA

50518
Barnum, Iowa.

Barnum, Webster County, IA · Fort Dodge, IA metro · population 365

What it costs per month · 50518 $1,054/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$540 (+105%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $5,965 +3%
$194,911$200,876 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $35,550 +22%
$165,325$200,876 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 50518 $1,054 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 50518$1,054
  • 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 50518 rose 3.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $200,876 as of Sep 2026
+3.1%year on year

Typical home value — 50518

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 50518 $200,876 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 50518$200,876
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.7 50566 Moorland 325 — $191,984
6.2 50524 Clare 439 — $244,926
7.4 50563 Manson 2,505 — $194,855
9.9 50501 Fort Dodge 28,823 $804 $129,556
11.0 50523 Callender 682 — $162,624
13.2 50571 Palmer 273 — $134,084
14.4 50541 Gilmore City 1,067 — $96,192
14.5 50569 Otho 551 — $126,576
14.8 50516 Badger 586 — $174,746
15.2 50579 Rockwell City 3,034 — $153,008
15.9 50538 Farnhamville 661 — $122,168
16.0 50548 Humboldt 5,722 — $188,096
16.5 50575 Pomeroy 696 — $97,557
16.9 50543 Gowrie 1,420 — $166,947
17.2 50529 Dakota City 752 — $134,221
18.2 50594 Vincent 288 — $149,092
19.2 51453 Lohrville 500 — $121,095
19.7 50532 Duncombe 804 — $188,300
19.9 50582 Rutland 170 — $106,602

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