Zip lookup · IA

51003
Alton, Iowa.

Alton, Sioux County, IA · population 1,938

What it costs per month · 51003 $1,613/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$876 (+119%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $18,377 +6%
$288,898$307,275 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $75,840 +33%
$231,435$307,275 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 51003 $1,613 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 51003$1,613
  • 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 51003 rose 6.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $307,275 as of Sep 2026
+6.4%year on year

Typical home value — 51003

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 51003 $307,275 United States $366,157
$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 51003$307,275
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.4 51041 Orange City 7,324 — $318,287
7.0 51022 Granville 960 — $274,868
8.0 51238 Hospers 1,502 — $265,427
10.3 51036 Maurice 445 — $348,888
13.1 51050 Remsen 2,962 — $278,504
13.4 51250 Sioux Center 9,970 — $349,642
14.6 51234 Boyden 1,172 — $290,585
15.0 51231 Archer 562 — $226,934
15.1 51201 Sheldon 6,430 — $226,150
15.6 51046 Paullina 1,326 — $179,346
15.9 51031 Le Mars 12,808 — $278,510
16.9 51035 Marcus 1,627 — $184,229
17.1 51239 Hull 2,876 — $317,862
17.3 51027 Ireton 1,280 — $281,022
19.6 51014 Cleghorn 549 — $180,486

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