Zip lookup · IA

52235
Hills, Iowa.

Hills, Johnson County, IA · Iowa City, IA metro · population 974

What it costs per month · 52235 $1,267/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$553 (+78%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $15,260 -6%
$256,583$241,324 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $29,963 +14%
$211,360$241,324 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 52235 $1,267 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 52235$1,267
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 26 years.

Typical home values in zip 52235 fell 5.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $241,324 as of Sep 2026
-5.9%year on year

Typical home value — 52235

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 52235 $241,324 Iowa City $300,040 United States $366,157
$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 52235$241,324
  • Iowa City$300,040
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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4.6 52240 Iowa City 35,074 $1,625 $277,248
6.4 52246 Iowa City 22,308 $1,619 $304,125
6.9 52327 Riverside 3,796 — $353,345
7.1 52245 Iowa City 22,853 $1,939 $323,464
8.1 52755 Lone Tree 2,092 — $251,214
9.4 52241 Coralville 23,250 $1,282 $261,319
10.3 52247 Kalona 5,914 — $324,381
12.1 52340 Tiffin 6,128 $1,771 $346,635
13.3 52776 West Liberty 5,090 — $237,664
14.0 52358 West Branch 3,598 — $299,340
14.1 52766 Nichols 677 — $203,673
14.2 52317 North Liberty 23,097 $1,808 $310,498
14.6 52322 Oxford 2,266 — $368,656
16.1 52739 Conesville 788 — $153,374
16.3 52333 Solon 7,295 — $450,330
16.5 52201 Ainsworth 1,148 — $250,671
17.6 52356 Wellman 2,664 — $254,159
19.0 52720 Atalissa 964 — $199,210

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