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Property-class scope

The story of this market

The typical home in ZIP 50149 sells for about $230,000, or $206 per square foot.

Prices are up +2.22% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 53 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $836 a month.

ZIP market report · consumer edition · quarterly refresh

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ZIP 50149 — Lacona

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

Market mood · neutral

The Des Moines housing market shows stability with median sold prices rising slightly year-over-year. Inventory levels remain sufficient for buyers, though the market is experiencing a slight increase in days on market compared to previous periods. Figures are reported at the city level as specific ZCTA-level market metrics are not published.

Parent geography

Lacona · no city intel reportDallas 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 · 212.1 km²Water area · 0.1 km²U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb — 2020 Census ZCTA5 boundary

Median sale price

$230,000

+2.22% year over year

Corroboration pending — anchor baseline forms on the first refresh cycles

Days on market

53 days

Active listings

1,422

Listings with price cuts

18%

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 2.2% year over year.

Liquidity/100

Homes spend a median of 53 days on market with 1.8 months of supply — a fast-moving market.

Momentum/100

18% 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 2.8% · poverty 15.6% — a stable, low-distress profile.

Census trends · population flowsACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates

Population change

+0.4%

versus the prior ACS vintage

Population base

883

ZCTA 50149, Polk County IA

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

Foreign-born share

0.2%

Foreign-born residents

Naturalized (of foreign-born)

100%

Non-citizens (of population)

Entered 2010 or later (of foreign-born)

World region of birth (foreign-born)

Europe

100%

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

Area context

Taxation

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.

Discovery profileACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates

Census profile · ZCTA 50149, Polk County IA

Population

883

Median age

31.9 yrs

Owner-occupancy

58.2%

Median home value

$230,000

Median gross rent

$1,050

Median household income

$63,829

Median year built

1944

Vacancy rate

6.5%

Renter share

41.8%

Owner cost burden

22.1%

Renter cost burden

44.5%

Population change

+0.4%

Work-from-home share

12.5%

Mean commute

21.4 min

Bachelor's or higher

32.1%

Unemployment

2.8%

Poverty rate

15.6%

Avg household size

2.4

White

72.1%

Black or African American

10.5%

Hispanic or Latino

13.2%

Asian

4.2%

Data retrieved from data.census.gov for ZCTA 50149 and Des Moines city place-level tables.

Major amenities · ZIP 50149

Family fun & things to do

3 · 13 mi

Historic Roseman Covered Bridge4.810.5 mi
Pammel State Park4.610.2 mi
Madison County Historical Society4.813 mi

Museums, galleries & history

9 · 20 mi

John Wayne Birthplace Museum4.713.4 mi
Historic Roseman Covered Bridge4.810.5 mi
Historic Clark Tower4.812.7 mi
Historic Holliwell Covered Bridge4.813.8 mi
Historic Cedar Covered Bridge4.715.9 mi

Parks, trails & nature

1 · 13 mi

Pammel State Park4.610.2 mi

Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.

Sources · 3 cited

Realtor.com Des Moines Market Data Redfin Des Moines Housing Market Census Bureau ZCTA Guidance

Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.