The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 50001 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 $1,438 a month.
ZIP 50001 — Ackworth
The housing market in the 50001 ZIP code reflects the broader Des Moines metro area, characterized by a balanced inventory and moderate price growth. While local ZIP-level data is limited, metro-wide indicators show a stable market with a median sale price of $308,500 and a healthy supply of 4.1 months. Buyers are seeing fewer bidding wars compared to previous years, contributing to a more measured pace of sales.
Median prices moved up 1.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 57 days on market with 4.1 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 0.0% · poverty 5.6% — 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.
versus the prior ACS vintage
ZCTA 50001, Warren 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 50001 profile
- Escape Chambers Des Moines4.317.7 mi
- Wreck N' Roll Rage Room514.2 mi
- Iowa State Fairgrounds4.617.2 mi
- Casey's Center4.518.4 mi
- Iowa Events Center4.518.4 mi
- Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden4.718.5 mi
- Principal Park4.617.5 mi
- Lake Ahquabi State Park4.58.5 mi
- Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park4.68.1 mi
- Paramount 7 Theatre4.45.7 mi
- Moats Park4.55.7 mi
- Iowa State Capitol4.817.9 mi
- Science Center of Iowa4.417.8 mi
- Pappajohn Sculpture Park4.618.3 mi
- Des Moines Art Center4.619.6 mi
- Hoyt Sherman Place4.818.6 mi
- Lake Ahquabi State Park4.58.5 mi
- Indianola Pickard Sports Complex4.53.9 mi
- Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park4.68.1 mi
- Buxton Park Arboretum4.85.9 mi
- North Park4.410.2 mi
- Captain Roy's4.619.2 mi
- Deer Run Golf Club3.47.4 mi
- Indianola Golf Club4.56.1 mi
- Shady Oaks Golf Course4.20.9 mi
- Theisen's Home Farm Auto of Indianola4.45.9 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.35.6 mi
- DeYarman Ford Indianola4.75.9 mi
- Dollar General4.17 mi
- Des Moines International Airport4.316.2 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.