50009
Altoona, Iowa.
Altoona, Polk County, IA · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro · population 22,886
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$785 (+88%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $2,113 -1%
- $322,443$320,331 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $43,452 +16%
- $276,879$320,331 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.
- 50009$1,681
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 24 years.
Typical home values in zip 50009 fell 0.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Altoona, IA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Asking rent — 50009
Against the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro and the national benchmark.
- 50009$1,588
- Des Moines$1,280
- United States$1,932
Typical home value — 50009
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 50009$320,331
- Des Moines$292,513
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
Showing 30 of 45 zips in range — sorting picks from all 45.
| Miles sorted ascending, activate to sort descending | Zip activate to sort by Zip | City activate to sort by City | Population activate to sort by Population | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | 50327 | Pleasant Hill | 13,177 | $1,349 | $316,320 |
| 5.0 | 50317 | Des Moines | 36,548 | $1,252 | $191,095 |
| 5.6 | 50035 | Bondurant | 10,131 | $1,245 | $331,526 |
| 5.7 | 50169 | Mitchellville | 3,667 | — | $277,405 |
| 7.5 | 50316 | Des Moines | 16,710 | $1,228 | $162,391 |
| 7.8 | 50021 | Ankeny | 30,283 | $1,469 | $318,429 |
| 8.4 | 50237 | Runnells | 3,635 | — | $434,868 |
| 8.5 | 50313 | Des Moines | 17,440 | $1,158 | $184,332 |
| 9.2 | 50314 | Des Moines | 10,438 | $1,082 | $158,505 |
| 9.3 | 50309 | Des Moines | 10,110 | $1,261 | $244,123 |
| 9.6 | 50320 | Des Moines | 24,807 | $1,220 | $263,487 |
| 10.7 | 50023 | Ankeny | 46,306 | $1,459 | $355,240 |
| 10.7 | 50315 | Des Moines | 34,816 | $1,073 | $194,462 |
| 10.8 | 50073 | Elkhart | 1,208 | — | $327,938 |
| 11.1 | 50310 | Des Moines | 31,177 | $913 | $231,801 |
| 11.4 | 50311 | Des Moines | 14,574 | $942 | $225,988 |
| 11.6 | 50047 | Carlisle | 6,690 | — | $289,289 |
| 12.0 | 50312 | Des Moines | 15,802 | $1,144 | $294,463 |
| 12.1 | 50054 | Colfax | 3,166 | — | $235,821 |
| 12.3 | 50228 | Prairie City | 2,120 | — | $268,304 |
| 13.1 | 50321 | Des Moines | 7,900 | $1,057 | $355,961 |
| 13.3 | 50007 | Alleman | 444 | — | $381,604 |
| 13.3 | 50324 | Windsor Heights | 5,143 | $1,400 | $284,142 |
| 13.4 | 50168 | Mingo | 826 | — | $328,193 |
| 13.4 | 50118 | Hartford | 920 | — | $236,796 |
| 14.0 | 50131 | Johnston | 24,583 | $1,356 | $401,338 |
| 14.3 | 50322 | Urbandale | 31,931 | $1,030 | $289,882 |
| 14.5 | 50161 | Maxwell | 2,296 | — | $326,490 |
| 14.8 | 50252 | Swan | 236 | — | $327,206 |
| 15.7 | 50265 | West Des Moines | 33,488 | $1,310 | $308,180 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.