The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 50153 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 $614 a month.
ZIP 50153 — Lynnville
The Des Moines market is currently balanced with moderate price growth and stable inventory levels. Market activity remains consistent with historical norms, driven by steady demand in the regional employment hub.
Median prices moved up 1.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 57 days on market with 3.6 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
19% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98.9% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 2.4% · poverty 3.3% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
ZCTA 50153, Polk County IA
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.
The Des Moines metropolitan area features a diverse economy anchored by insurance, financial services, and government sectors.
The area is served by a network of regional highways and local transit corridors centered on the Des Moines employment core.
Data derived from ZCTA-level census profiles and regional market reports.
- Iowa Speedway4.514.2 mi
- Tulip Time Information4.812.4 mi
- The Cellar Peanut Pub - Pella4.712.4 mi
- Pella Historical Village & Vermeer Windmill4.712.3 mi
- Jacob Krumm Nature Preserve4.710.4 mi
- Pella Cinema4.312.4 mi
- Vermeer Mill4.812.3 mi
- Arbor Lake Park4.512.4 mi
- Pella Historical Village & Vermeer Windmill4.712.3 mi
- Saints Rest Coffee House4.613.3 mi
- Vermeer Museum & Global Pavilion4.811.2 mi
- Pella's Sunken Gardens Windmill4.812.1 mi
- Nelson Pioneer Farm & Museum/Mahaska County Historical Society4.817.7 mi
- Jacob Krumm Nature Preserve4.710.4 mi
- Diamond Lake Campground4.613 mi
- Central Park4.812.4 mi
- Arbor Lake Park4.512.4 mi
- Red Rock Marina4.715.6 mi
- Rock Creek Marina4.614.1 mi
- Nederlanders Tap & Golf4.812.5 mi
- Theisen's Home Farm Auto of Pella4.412.6 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.312.6 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.312.2 mi
- Theisen's Home Farm Auto of Grinnell4.312.3 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.