Zip lookup · IA

51551
Malvern, Iowa.

Malvern, Mills County, IA · Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro · population 1,842

What it costs per month · 51551 $1,318/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$666 (+102%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $6,754 +3%
$244,353$251,107 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $48,203 +24%
$202,903$251,107 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 51551 $1,318 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 51551$1,318
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.

Typical home values in zip 51551 rose 2.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $251,107 as of Sep 2026
+2.8%year on year

Typical home value — 51551

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 51551 $251,107 Omaha $306,318 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 51551$251,107
  • Omaha$306,318
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.3 51540 Hastings 372 — $207,294
7.6 51534 Glenwood 8,874 — $312,257
8.6 51653 Tabor 1,446 — $226,547
10.0 51649 Randolph 346 — $201,047
10.7 51571 Silver City 902 — $304,555
11.4 51533 Emerson 844 — $190,219
11.6 51561 Pacific Junction 1,039 — $226,401
13.5 51541 Henderson 273 — $178,604
14.2 51654 Thurman 325 — $219,501
15.4 51652 Sidney 1,569 — $192,644
17.3 51575 Treynor 1,609 — $362,012
18.0 68048 Plattsmouth 13,435 $1,302 $305,199
18.8 51566 Red Oak 7,010 $650 $134,997
19.0 51525 Carson 1,067 — $260,448
19.0 68005 Bellevue 21,984 $1,055 $256,068
19.2 51503 Council Bluffs 37,972 $1,254 $307,509
19.7 68409 Murray 625 — $293,562
19.8 51639 Farragut 919 — $177,025
19.8 51638 Essex 1,258 — $183,021

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