Zip lookup · IA

50588
Storm Lake, Iowa.

Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, IA · Storm Lake, IA metro · population 13,431

What it costs per month · 50588 $1,017/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$513 (+102%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $280 -0%
$193,947$193,666 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $35,437 +22%
$158,229$193,666 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 50588 $1,017 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 50588$1,017
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.

Typical home values in zip 50588 fell 0.1% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Buena Vista County, IA 99% · Sac County, IA 1%

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

Typical home value $193,666 as of Sep 2026
-0.1%year on year

Typical home value — 50588

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 50588 $193,666 Storm Lake $186,352 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 50588$193,666
  • Storm Lake$186,352
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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8.3 51002 Alta 2,787 — $209,554
9.0 50568 Newell 1,384 — $166,717
10.0 50576 Rembrandt 277 — $150,233
11.7 50510 Albert City 1,042 — $152,811
13.0 51053 Schaller 1,016 — $161,811
13.9 51005 Aurelia 1,561 — $176,858
14.3 50535 Early 1,198 — $154,398
16.2 51020 Galva 632 — $199,047
16.4 50565 Marathon 380 — $107,884
16.9 50540 Fonda 998 — $109,932
17.6 50585 Sioux Rapids 1,080 — $171,071
18.1 50583 Sac City 2,288 — $148,738
18.4 51033 Linn Grove 421 — $200,722

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