Zip lookup · IA

52142
Fayette, Iowa.

Fayette, Fayette County, IA · population 1,890

What it costs per month · 52142 $912/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$501 (+122%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $8,515 +5%
$165,158$173,673 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $47,532 +38%
$126,141$173,673 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 52142 $912 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 52142$912
  • 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 52142 rose 5.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $173,673 as of Sep 2026
+5.2%year on year

Typical home value — 52142

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 52142 $173,673 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 52142$173,673
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.6 50655 Maynard 739 — $176,608
7.0 52169 Wadena 367 — $234,601
7.9 50606 Arlington 803 — $242,901
11.3 52141 Elgin 1,259 — $275,880
11.4 50681 Westgate 481 — $198,233
11.6 52175 West Union 3,484 — $177,916
11.9 52147 Hawkeye 911 — $200,167
12.0 50662 Oelwein 6,576 $928 $110,492
12.1 50671 Stanley 182 — $230,765
12.2 52077 Volga 313 — $319,410
14.9 52135 Clermont 834 — $202,300
15.3 50607 Aurora 403 — $231,820
16.1 50650 Lamont 648 — $179,689
16.4 50674 Sumner 3,446 — $211,444
17.0 52076 Strawberry Point 2,258 — $294,527
17.1 50641 Hazleton 1,950 — $170,350
18.9 52043 Elkader 2,058 — $283,162
19.4 50629 Fairbank 2,082 — $267,425

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