Zip lookup · IA

51533
Emerson, Iowa.

Emerson, Mills County, IA · Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro · population 844

What it costs per month · 51533 $998/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$457 (+84%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $4,074 +2%
$186,145$190,219 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $27,681 +17%
$162,538$190,219 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 51533 $998 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 51533$998
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 22 years.

Typical home values in zip 51533 rose 2.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Montgomery County, IA 55% · Mills County, IA 45%

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

Typical home value $190,219 as of Sep 2026
+2.2%year on year

Typical home value — 51533

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 51533 $190,219 Omaha $306,318 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 51533$190,219
  • Omaha$306,318
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.2 51540 Hastings 372 — $207,294
7.2 51541 Henderson 273 — $178,604
7.9 51566 Red Oak 7,010 $650 $134,997
11.4 51551 Malvern 1,842 — $251,107
13.9 51525 Carson 1,067 — $260,448
14.2 51571 Silver City 902 — $304,555
14.8 51638 Essex 1,258 — $183,021
15.1 51649 Randolph 346 — $201,047
15.4 51573 Stanton 979 — $201,394
15.5 51532 Elliott 644 — $150,648
17.7 51534 Glenwood 8,874 — $312,257
18.3 51575 Treynor 1,609 — $362,012
18.4 51535 Griswold 1,697 — $195,680
18.5 51653 Tabor 1,446 — $226,547
19.5 51560 Oakland 1,772 — $222,604

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