Zip lookup · IA

52254
Lost Nation, Iowa.

Lost Nation, Clinton County, IA · Clinton, IA metro · population 1,004

What it costs per month · 52254 $872/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$438 (+101%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $13,913 +9%
$152,310$166,223 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $28,789 +21%
$137,434$166,223 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 52254 $872 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 52254$872
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.

Typical home values in zip 52254 rose 9.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $166,223 as of Sep 2026
+9.1%year on year

Typical home value — 52254

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 52254 $166,223 Clinton $181,485 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 52254$166,223
  • Clinton$181,485
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.7 52777 Wheatland 1,389 — $187,967
7.9 52323 Oxford Junction 942 — $122,538
9.1 52037 Delmar 1,172 — $268,779
9.3 52751 Grand Mound 976 — $242,787
9.8 52207 Baldwin 256 — $272,548
10.1 52255 Lowden 980 — $190,686
11.0 52729 Calamus 886 — $229,782
12.2 52060 Maquoketa 8,007 — $200,428
12.5 52362 Wyoming 816 — $174,315
12.6 52309 Monmouth 443 — $268,156
12.9 52216 Clarence 1,551 — $200,239
15.8 52721 Bennett 809 — $246,598
15.9 52321 Onslow 395 — $220,744
16.3 52765 New Liberty 427 — $331,023
16.5 52731 Charlotte 867 — $258,570
16.6 52745 Dixon 443 — $263,101
17.1 52742 De Witt 7,284 — $285,961
17.5 52746 Donahue 1,240 — $323,080
17.7 52030 Andrew 423 — $159,206
17.8 52320 Olin 1,425 — $190,596
18.0 52337 Stanwood 729 — $182,367
18.2 52212 Center Junction 601 — $198,702

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