Zip lookup · IA

50536
Emmetsburg, Iowa.

Emmetsburg, Palo Alto County, IA · population 4,207

What it costs per month · 50536 $888/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$446 (+101%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $1,381 +1%
$167,737$169,119 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $32,627 +24%
$136,492$169,119 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 50536 $888 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 50536$888
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.

Typical home values in zip 50536 rose 0.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $169,119 as of Sep 2026
+0.8%year on year

Typical home value — 50536

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 50536 $169,119 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 50536$169,119
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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8.0 50528 Cylinder 366 — $214,735
9.1 51342 Graettinger 1,385 — $168,274
10.1 51358 Ruthven 1,213 — $186,987
11.0 50562 Mallard 377 — $155,588
11.3 50515 Ayrshire 251 — $137,716
13.3 51365 Wallingford 416 — $185,560
14.3 50598 Whittemore 818 — $165,951
14.8 50578 Ringsted 633 — $178,111
15.5 51333 Dickens 374 — $242,910
15.9 50597 West Bend 1,341 — $199,443
16.3 50539 Fenton 444 — $120,983
18.4 51364 Terril 803 — $180,628
18.8 50546 Havelock 356 — $135,429
19.1 51366 Webb 245 — $189,863
19.8 50559 Lone Rock 289 — $189,967
20.0 50554 Laurens 1,653 — $75,798

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