Zip lookup · IA

51301
Spencer, Iowa.

Spencer, Clay County, IA · Spencer, IA metro · population 12,638

What it costs per month · 51301 $1,044/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$536 (+105%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $6,804 +4%
$192,083$198,888 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $41,482 +26%
$157,406$198,888 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 51301 $1,044 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 51301$1,044
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.

Typical home values in zip 51301 rose 3.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $198,888 as of Sep 2026
+3.5%year on year

Typical home value — 51301

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 51301 $198,888 Spencer $195,991 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 51301$198,888
  • Spencer$195,991
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.0 51340 Fostoria 75 — $146,153
7.5 51333 Dickens 374 — $242,910
9.4 51357 Royal 910 — $131,680
9.5 51343 Greenville 172 — $174,852
9.5 51338 Everly 852 — $164,566
11.4 51351 Milford 4,988 — $342,168
12.9 51358 Ruthven 1,213 — $186,987
13.8 51364 Terril 803 — $180,628
14.6 51331 Arnolds Park 935 — $456,339
15.1 51366 Webb 245 — $189,863
15.8 51346 Hartley 2,247 — $177,949
16.4 51355 Okoboji 1,048 — $445,398
16.5 50515 Ayrshire 251 — $137,716
16.7 50585 Sioux Rapids 1,080 — $171,071
17.2 51033 Linn Grove 421 — $200,722
18.4 51047 Peterson 693 — $168,195
19.8 51360 Spirit Lake 8,653 — $404,195
19.9 51058 Sutherland 1,096 — $159,576

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