Zip lookup · IA

52556
Fairfield, Iowa.

Fairfield, Jefferson County, IA · Fairfield, IA metro · population 11,448

What it costs per month · 52556 $945/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$471 (+99%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $3,600 +2%
$176,489$180,089 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $30,288 +20%
$149,801$180,089 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 52556 $945 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 52556$945
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.

Typical home values in zip 52556 rose 2.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $743 as of Aug 2026
Typical home value $180,089 as of Sep 2026
+2.0%year on year

Asking rent — 52556

Against the Fairfield, IA metro and the national benchmark.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Typical home value — 52556

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 52556 $180,089 Fairfield $181,446 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 52556$180,089
  • Fairfield$181,446
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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9.0 52635 Lockridge 890 — $201,824
9.7 52567 Libertyville 506 — $196,817
10.8 52535 Birmingham 725 — $187,669
11.0 52540 Brighton 1,088 — $166,140
11.1 52580 Packwood 711 — $157,398
11.7 52533 Batavia 1,201 — $186,888
12.2 52585 Richland 838 — $146,463
12.5 52651 Stockport 398 — $194,200
15.7 52654 Wayland 1,884 — $212,662
16.6 52576 Ollie 371 — $122,765
16.7 52551 Douds 782 — $236,034
17.3 52554 Eldon 1,078 — $109,603
17.9 52641 Mount Pleasant 12,428 — $198,038
18.8 52630 Hillsboro 235 — $203,271
19.3 52565 Keosauqua 1,518 — $205,789
19.3 52530 Agency 945 — $185,890

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