Zip lookup · IA

51525
Carson, Iowa.

Carson, Pottawattamie County, IA · Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro · population 1,067

What it costs per month · 51525 $1,367/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$773 (+130%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $8,922 +4%
$251,526$260,448 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $69,146 +36%
$191,302$260,448 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 51525 $1,367 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 51525$1,367
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.

Typical home values in zip 51525 rose 3.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $260,448 as of Sep 2026
+3.5%year on year

Typical home value — 51525

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 51525 $260,448 Omaha $306,318 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 51525$260,448
  • Omaha$306,318
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.8 51560 Oakland 1,772 — $222,604
6.8 51541 Henderson 273 — $178,604
9.5 51575 Treynor 1,609 — $362,012
11.6 51571 Silver City 902 — $304,555
13.9 51533 Emerson 844 — $190,219
14.1 51553 Minden 998 — $282,563
15.0 51535 Griswold 1,697 — $195,680
15.0 51540 Hastings 372 — $207,294
17.1 51544 Lewis 793 — $161,323
17.4 51521 Avoca 1,953 — $235,375
17.5 51532 Elliott 644 — $150,648
18.0 51576 Underwood 1,769 — $391,151
18.1 51566 Red Oak 7,010 $650 $134,997
18.6 51503 Council Bluffs 37,972 $1,254 $307,509
19.0 51551 Malvern 1,842 — $251,107
19.5 51577 Walnut 1,561 — $199,093
20.0 51559 Neola 1,841 — $314,290

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