The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 50313 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 $1,085 a month.
ZIP 50313 — Des Moines
The Des Moines market, including ZIP 50313, shows signs of a balanced environment with a median sale price of $308,500. Market activity is characterized by a 98.9% sale-to-list ratio and a moderate inventory level, suggesting stable demand despite slight year-over-year price fluctuations. Figures are based on June 2026 metro-wide and ZIP-level reporting.
Median prices moved up 1.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 57 days on market with 2.9 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 6.4% · poverty 15.4% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
ZCTA 50313, 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 50313 profile.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.