The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 50236 sells for about $350,000, or $174 per square foot.
Prices are up +5.9% 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 $1,105 a month.
ZIP 50236 — Roland
The housing market in 50236 shows steady price appreciation and moderate inventory growth. Demand remains resilient despite broader economic headwinds, supported by a stable local employment base. Buyers are seeing slightly more options as new listings enter the market, though competition for well-priced homes persists.
Median prices moved up 5.9% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 53 days on market with 6.1 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
27% 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 0.8% · poverty 1.1% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Researched annual trajectory for this ZIP, from published historical series
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 5.8%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Median annual property tax paid on this ZIP's residential parcels
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 5.8%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
versus the prior ACS vintage
net influx — more people moved in than out
ZCTA 50236, 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.
Data retrieved from data.census.gov ZCTA-level tables.
- Jack Trice Stadium4.713.1 mi
- Center Grove Orchard4.719.6 mi
- Hilton Coliseum4.712.7 mi
- Stephens Auditorium4.612.8 mi
- Flight Bar + Grille4.619.2 mi
- Cinemark Ames Movies 124.312.6 mi
- Ada Hayden Heritage Park4.89.7 mi
- Brookside Park4.712.1 mi
- Inis Grove Park4.810.5 mi
- Pizza Ranch4.210.3 mi
- Dahlberg Portraits4.811.9 mi
- Iowa State Center4.612.7 mi
- Octagon Center For the Arts4.711.7 mi
- Ada Hayden Heritage Park4.89.7 mi
- Brookside Park4.712.1 mi
- Inis Grove Park4.810.5 mi
- McFarland Park4.76.6 mi
- Moore Memorial Park4.712.1 mi
- Veenker Memorial Golf Course4.512.2 mi
- Coldwater Golf Links4.112.8 mi
- Inside Golf & Games4.710.7 mi
- North Grand Mall410.8 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.412.2 mi
- T.J. Maxx4.312.6 mi
- Theisen's Home Farm Auto of Ames4.411.9 mi
- Kohl's4.210.9 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.