The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 50240 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 $855 a month.
ZIP 50240 — Saint Charles
The housing market in the Des Moines metro area, which includes ZIP 50240, is currently balanced with approximately 3.4 months of inventory. While local ZIP-specific data is limited, metro-wide trends indicate stable pricing with a median closed sale price of $308,500 and a sale-to-list ratio of 98.9%. Market activity remains steady with moderate days on market and a consistent share of listings experiencing price adjustments.
Median prices moved up 1.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 57 days on market with 3.4 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 2.1% · poverty 4.4% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
ZCTA 50240, Marion 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 sourced from Data USA and Data Commons profiles for Pleasantville, IA.
- Spare Time Des Moines4.217.6 mi
- Clive Aquatic Center4.520 mi
- Chuck E. Cheese3.919 mi
- Kids Empire Jordan Creek4.117 mi
- Escapology Escape Rooms Clive519.5 mi
- Principal Park4.619.5 mi
- Des Moines Civic Center4.719.9 mi
- Science Center of Iowa4.419.6 mi
- Val Air Ballroom4.218.6 mi
- Spare Time Des Moines4.217.6 mi
- John Wayne Birthplace Museum4.713 mi
- Lake Ahquabi State Park4.59.7 mi
- Historic Holliwell Covered Bridge4.810.1 mi
- Winterset City Park4.712.5 mi
- Historic Imes Covered Bridge4.72.9 mi
- Science Center of Iowa4.419.6 mi
- Pappajohn Sculpture Park4.619.5 mi
- Des Moines Art Center4.618.7 mi
- Hoyt Sherman Place4.819.7 mi
- John Wayne Birthplace Museum4.713 mi
- Lake Ahquabi State Park4.59.7 mi
- Norwalk-McAninch Sports Complex4.210.9 mi
- Winterset City Park4.712.5 mi
- Indianola Pickard Sports Complex4.512.6 mi
- Buxton Park Arboretum4.810.9 mi
- The Legacy Golf Club4.512.4 mi
- Deer Run Golf Club3.49.2 mi
- Indianola Golf Club4.511.1 mi
- Theisen's Home Farm Auto of Indianola4.411.7 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.311.3 mi
- DeYarman Ford Indianola4.711.7 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.313 mi
- Dollar General4.19.6 mi
- Des Moines International Airport4.315.8 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.