Zip lookup · IA

52638
Middletown, Iowa.

Middletown, Des Moines County, IA · Burlington, IA-IL metro · population 508

What it costs per month · 52638 $1,020/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$480 (+89%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $12,255 +7%
$182,035$194,290 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $29,335 +18%
$164,956$194,290 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 52638 $1,020 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 52638$1,020
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.

Typical home values in zip 52638 rose 6.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $194,290 as of Sep 2026
+6.7%year on year

Typical home value — 52638

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 52638 $194,290 Burlington $143,369 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 52638$194,290
  • Burlington$143,369
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.8 52655 West Burlington 4,322 — $172,448
6.3 52623 Danville 1,982 — $237,930
6.5 52624 Denmark 734 — $147,984
6.9 52658 Wever 927 — $258,437
8.1 52601 Burlington 27,341 $983 $125,901
11.1 52627 Fort Madison 12,677 $642 $112,807
11.3 52650 Sperry 799 — $309,321
11.4 52645 New London 3,503 — $186,311
12.0 52656 West Point 1,833 — $247,937
13.9 61437 Gladstone 549 — $146,024
14.8 62358 Niota 525 — $127,290
16.3 52637 Mediapolis 3,041 — $211,723
16.9 62330 Dallas City 1,472 — $95,303
18.9 52644 Mount Union 394 — $210,142
19.1 52649 Salem 913 — $224,321
19.3 52625 Donnellson 2,338 — $226,060
19.7 62354 Nauvoo 1,447 — $158,628

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