Zip lookup · IA

51521
Avoca, Iowa.

Avoca, Pottawattamie County, IA · Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro · population 1,953

What it costs per month · 51521 $1,235/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$662 (+115%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $638 +0%
$234,736$235,375 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $55,239 +31%
$180,136$235,375 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 51521 $1,235 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 51521$1,235
  • 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 51521 rose 0.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Pottawattamie County, IA 69% · Shelby County, IA 31%

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

Typical home value $235,375 as of Sep 2026
+0.3%year on year

Typical home value — 51521

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 51521 $235,375 Omaha $306,318 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 51521$235,375
  • Omaha$306,318
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.7 51570 Shelby 1,118 — $256,061
7.4 51577 Walnut 1,561 — $199,093
11.3 51553 Minden 998 — $282,563
11.6 51560 Oakland 1,772 — $222,604
11.8 51537 Harlan 6,382 — $204,536
12.0 51552 Marne 169 — $190,206
14.5 51563 Persia 629 — $257,378
14.7 51565 Portsmouth 516 — $274,255
15.2 51531 Elk Horn 889 — $192,039
16.4 51559 Neola 1,841 — $314,290
16.8 51544 Lewis 793 — $161,323
17.4 51525 Carson 1,067 — $260,448
18.2 50022 Atlantic 8,526 — $160,944
18.7 51543 Kimballton 478 — $126,453
18.8 51562 Panama 506 — $253,102

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