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Property-class scope

The story of this market

The typical home in ZIP 50143 sells for about $308,500, or $229 per square foot.

Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (+1%), a market in balance. Homes take about 57 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $770 a month.

ZIP market report · consumer edition · quarterly refresh

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ZIP 50143 — Leighton

Polk County →Des Moines marketrefreshed Sep 27, 2026next refresh Oct 27, 2026

Market mood · neutral

The Des Moines market exhibits balanced conditions with moderate price growth and stable inventory levels. While demand remains steady, the market is seeing a slight increase in days on market, suggesting a cooling trend compared to previous high-velocity periods. Figures provided reflect the broader Des Moines metro area as specific ZCTA-level market performance data for 50143 is not independently published.

Parent geography

Leighton · no city intel reportJasper County →Des Moines market →Iowa state →

Aerial view · ZIP boundaries2020 Census ZCTA boundary over current aerial imagery

Leaflet Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Land area · 92 km²Water area · 1.1 km²U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb — 2020 Census ZCTA5 boundary

Median sale price

$308,500

+1% year over year

Corroboration pending — anchor baseline forms on the first refresh cycles

Days on market

57 days

Active listings

3,361

Listings with price cuts

19%

share of active listings

Sale-to-list ratio

98.9%

of asking price

ZIP Market ScoreZIP-SCORE-1.3 · 4/4 sections graded

Composite · average of graded sections

Computed only from this report's published readings — sections without data are excluded, never estimated.

Growth/100

Median prices moved up 1.0% year over year.

Liquidity/100

Homes spend a median of 57 days on market with 3.6 months of supply — a fast-moving market.

Momentum/100

19% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98.9% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.

Safety & stability/100

no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 2.6% · poverty 0.6% — a stable, low-distress profile.

Census trends · population flowsACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates

Population change

+0.4%

versus the prior ACS vintage

Population base

538

ZCTA 50143

Immigration & foreign-bornU.S. Census Bureau ACS · ZIP granular

Foreign-born share

2.6%

Foreign-born residents

Naturalized (of foreign-born)

85.7%

Non-citizens (of population)

0.4%

Entered 2010 or later (of foreign-born)

14.3%

World region of birth (foreign-born)

Asia

78.6%

Europe

21.4%

ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.

Discovery profileACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates

Census profile · ZCTA 50143

Population

538

Median age

40.8 yrs

Owner-occupancy

62.1%

Median home value

$230,000

Median gross rent

$1,050

Median household income

$68,777

Median year built

1959

Vacancy rate

6.5%

Renter share

37.9%

Owner cost burden

18.2%

Renter cost burden

42.5%

Population change

+0.4%

Work-from-home share

12.5%

Mean commute

21.4 min

Bachelor's or higher

34.2%

Unemployment

2.6%

Poverty rate

0.6%

Avg household size

2.4

White

78.5%

Black or African American

7.2%

Hispanic or Latino

8.4%

Asian

4.1%

Other

1.8%

Data retrieved from data.census.gov for ZCTA 50143; figures represent aggregated metro-level proxies where ZCTA-specific data is not explicitly published.

Major amenities · ZIP 50143

Entertainment venues, stadiums & amphitheaters

3 · 20 mi

Family fun & things to do

11 · 13 mi