Zip lookup · IA

51357
Spencer, Iowa.

Spencer, Clay County, IA · Spencer, IA metro · population 910

What it costs per month · 51357 $691/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$367 (+113%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $9,290 +8%
$122,391$131,680 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $31,623 +32%
$100,057$131,680 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 51357 $691 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 51357$691
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in zip 51357 rose 7.6% 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 $131,680 as of Sep 2026
+7.6%year on year

Typical home value — 51357

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 51357 $131,680 Spencer $195,991 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2020 2022 2024 2026
  • 51357$131,680
  • Spencer$195,991
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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9.3 51343 Greenville 172 — $174,852
9.4 51301 Spencer 12,638 — $198,888
9.5 51047 Peterson 693 — $168,195
10.1 51338 Everly 852 — $164,566
10.2 51033 Linn Grove 421 — $200,722
10.6 51058 Sutherland 1,096 — $159,576
12.2 51346 Hartley 2,247 — $177,949
12.8 50585 Sioux Rapids 1,080 — $171,071
14.0 51340 Fostoria 75 — $146,153
15.1 51333 Dickens 374 — $242,910
15.7 51366 Webb 245 — $189,863
15.9 51245 Primghar 1,377 — $186,686
17.7 51029 Larrabee 261 — $119,813
18.3 51351 Milford 4,988 — $342,168
18.8 50576 Rembrandt 277 — $150,233

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