The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 50273 sells for about $350,000, or $229 per square foot.
Prices are down 2.6% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 57 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,142 a month.
ZIP 50273 — Winterset
The Des Moines market, including ZIP 50273, is currently experiencing a balanced phase with a median listing price of $350,000. Inventory levels remain stable, and the market is seeing a slight year-over-year price adjustment of -2.6%.
Median prices moved down 2.6% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 57 days on market with 2.3 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
19% 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 4.1% · poverty 8.2% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ZCTA 50273, 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 aggregated from Polk County and Des Moines city-level census benchmarks.
- Kids Empire Jordan Creek4.120 mi
- Vibrant Music Hall4.319.4 mi
- Ruby's Pub & Grill4.619.2 mi
- John Wayne Birthplace Museum4.70.8 mi
- Historic Roseman Covered Bridge4.86.8 mi
- Badger Creek State Recreation Area4.311.6 mi
- Historic Holliwell Covered Bridge4.83.6 mi
- Winterset City Park4.71.3 mi
- John Wayne Birthplace Museum4.70.8 mi
- Historic Roseman Covered Bridge4.86.8 mi
- Historic Clark Tower4.81.5 mi
- Historic Holliwell Covered Bridge4.83.6 mi
- Historic Cedar Covered Bridge4.73.1 mi
- Badger Creek State Recreation Area4.311.6 mi
- Winterset City Park4.71.3 mi
- Pammel State Park4.63.4 mi
- Cedar Bridge Park4.83.1 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.31.2 mi
- Des Moines International Airport4.323.8 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.