The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 50208 sells for about $190,256, or $188 per square foot.
Prices are up +7.8% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 82 days to sell, which is slow. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $833 a month.
ZIP 50208 — Newton
The 50208 housing market shows moderate price appreciation with a 7.8% year-over-year increase in median sale price. While sales volume remains steady, the median days on market has increased significantly compared to the previous year, suggesting a cooling in transaction velocity.
Median prices moved up 7.8% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 82 days on market with 1.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 6.1% · poverty 10.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ZIP code tabulation area 50208
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.
- Iowa Speedway4.52.5 mi
- Rock Creek State Park4.512.6 mi
- Valle Drive In4.62.7 mi
- Quarry Springs Park4.39.5 mi
- Mariposa County Park4.68.3 mi
- Newton Arboretum & Botanical Gardens4.82.7 mi
- Saints Rest Coffee House4.617.7 mi
- Pella's Sunken Gardens Windmill4.820 mi
- Rock Creek State Park4.512.6 mi
- Maytag Park4.60.6 mi
- Quarry Springs Park4.39.5 mi
- Mariposa County Park4.68.3 mi
- Newton Arboretum & Botanical Gardens4.82.7 mi
- Red Rock Marina4.719.7 mi
- Rock Creek Marina4.612.5 mi
- Westwood Golf Course4.52.2 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.41.7 mi
- Theisen's Home Farm Auto of Newton4.32.5 mi
- Newton Plaza42.2 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.