Zip lookup · IA

50644
Independence, Iowa.

Independence, Buchanan County, IA · population 8,419

What it costs per month · 50644 $1,103/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$605 (+121%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $8,010 +4%
$202,217$210,228 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $52,166 +33%
$158,062$210,228 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 50644 $1,103 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 50644$1,103
  • 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 50644 rose 4.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $888 as of Jul 2026
Typical home value $210,228 as of Sep 2026
+4.0%year on year

Asking rent — 50644

Against the metro metro and the national benchmark.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Typical home value — 50644

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 50644 $210,228 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 50644$210,228
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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8.4 50641 Hazleton 1,950 — $170,350
8.5 52329 Rowley 671 — $249,961
9.2 52326 Quasqueton 694 — $156,370
10.2 50648 Jesup 4,269 — $263,984
10.3 50682 Winthrop 1,692 — $234,693
11.0 52210 Brandon 958 — $240,069
11.8 50607 Aurora 403 — $231,820
13.1 50671 Stanley 182 — $230,765
14.5 52352 Walker 1,833 — $314,048
14.6 50662 Oelwein 6,576 $928 $110,492
14.7 50629 Fairbank 2,082 — $267,425
14.7 50654 Masonville 275 — $305,761
15.6 50626 Dunkerton 1,468 — $238,919
15.8 50650 Lamont 648 — $179,689
16.7 50634 Gilbertville 761 — $213,740
16.7 50667 Raymond 899 — $239,673
17.6 52345 Urbana 1,609 — $270,265
18.2 52313 Mount Auburn 480 — $248,240
18.8 50651 La Porte City 3,147 — $238,772
18.9 52038 Dundee 463 — $237,747
19.5 50707 Evansdale 7,784 — $155,983

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