Zip lookup · IA

52255
Lowden, Iowa.

Lowden, Cedar County, IA · population 980

What it costs per month · 52255 $1,001/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$546 (+120%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $13,468 +8%
$177,218$190,686 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $44,008 +30%
$146,678$190,686 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 52255 $1,001 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 52255$1,001
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in zip 52255 rose 7.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $190,686 as of Sep 2026
+7.6%year on year

Typical home value — 52255

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 52255 $190,686 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 52255$190,686
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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4.7 52216 Clarence 1,551 — $200,239
5.6 52777 Wheatland 1,389 — $187,967
7.4 52721 Bennett 809 — $246,598
8.4 52323 Oxford Junction 942 — $122,538
9.4 52337 Stanwood 729 — $182,367
10.1 52254 Lost Nation 1,004 — $166,223
10.8 52765 New Liberty 427 — $331,023
12.0 52729 Calamus 886 — $229,782
12.1 52772 Tipton 5,348 — $243,113
13.4 52320 Olin 1,425 — $190,596
13.7 52362 Wyoming 816 — $174,315
14.3 52751 Grand Mound 976 — $242,787
14.6 52745 Dixon 443 — $263,101
15.2 52306 Mechanicsville 1,642 — $224,246
17.3 52207 Baldwin 256 — $272,548
17.5 52778 Wilton 3,632 — $234,358
17.9 52746 Donahue 1,240 — $323,080
18.3 52212 Center Junction 601 — $198,702
18.4 52309 Monmouth 443 — $268,156
18.5 52747 Durant 2,160 — $246,779
18.5 52037 Delmar 1,172 — $268,779
18.6 52769 Stockton 698 — $342,795
19.3 52321 Onslow 395 — $220,744
19.8 52773 Walcott 2,389 — $292,594

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