The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 50039 sells for about $304,007, or $168 per square foot.
Prices are up +1.5% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 51.2 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $986 a month.
ZIP 50039 — Bouton
The housing market in the 50039 ZIP code is characterized by low inventory and limited transaction volume, typical of rural areas in the Des Moines periphery. Market metrics for this specific ZIP are not independently published at the ZCTA level; figures provided reflect the broader Des Moines metro area trends as of mid-2026. Demand remains stable with modest year-over-year price appreciation.
Median prices moved up 1.5% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 51 days on market with 3.6 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
4% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98.5% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 0.6% · poverty 9.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
ZCTA 50039
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Iowa) — Iowa Property Tax Assessment Limitation: The taxable value is determined by applying an assessment limitation (rollback) to the assessed market value. The limitation is calculated annually to restrict the growth in aggregate taxable value for the residential class to 3% statewide.
ZCTA-level estimates derived from census.gov
- Sky Zone Trampoline Park4.315.8 mi
- K1 Speed Des Moines4.315.7 mi
- Clive Aquatic Center4.519.3 mi
- Get Air Trampoline Park419.7 mi
- Breakout Games4.919.8 mi
- Vibrant Music Hall4.318.5 mi
- Horizon Events Center4.119.6 mi
- Jester Park4.713 mi
- K1 Speed Des Moines4.315.7 mi
- Tournament Club of Iowa4.415.7 mi
- Iowa Arboretum & Gardens4.711.5 mi
- Hindu Temple & Cultural Center of Iowa4.810.3 mi
- Jester Park Natural Playscape4.811.8 mi
- Tiger Bowl4.311.2 mi
- Pattee Park4.34.9 mi
- Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad & James H. Andrew Railroad Museum4.518.3 mi
- Living History Farms4.519 mi
- Iowa Gold Star Military Museum4.917.7 mi
- Paradox4.718.3 mi
- Jester Park Nature Center4.912 mi
- Iowa Arboretum & Gardens4.711.5 mi
- The Brenton Arboretum4.811.3 mi
- Jester Park Natural Playscape4.811.8 mi
- Pattee Park4.34.9 mi
- Saylorville Lake Marina4.716.7 mi
- Big Creek Marina4.614.3 mi
- Jester Park Golf Course4.412.4 mi
- River Valley Golf Course3.911.8 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.24.5 mi
- Des Moines International Airport4.327.1 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.