The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 50032 sells for about $249,000, or $138 per square foot.
Prices are up +36.5% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 51 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $826 a month.
ZIP 50032 — Berwick
The housing market in the 50032 area, situated within Boone County, shows significant price appreciation year-over-year. Inventory remains constrained, supporting a competitive environment for buyers despite broader regional fluctuations. Market activity is driven by steady demand and limited supply typical of the Des Moines exurban corridor.
Median prices moved up 36.5% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 51 days on market with 0.2 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 25.4% · poverty 54.5% — elevated distress and economic pressure.
versus the prior ACS vintage
ZCTA 50032, Boone 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 Boone County and ZCTA-level census profiles.
- Adventureland Park4.32.4 mi
- Spare Time Des Moines4.215.4 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park4.23.6 mi
- Sky Zone Trampoline Park4.312.2 mi
- B&B Theatres Ankeny 12 & B-Roll Bowling4.55.2 mi
- Iowa State Fairgrounds4.65 mi
- Adventureland Park4.32.4 mi
- Casey's Center4.56.6 mi
- Iowa Events Center4.56.7 mi
- Center Grove Orchard4.715 mi
- Adventureland Park4.32.4 mi
- Blank Park Zoo4.511 mi
- Iowa State Capitol4.86.2 mi
- Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden4.76.2 mi
- Science Center of Iowa4.47.1 mi
- Iowa State Capitol4.86.2 mi
- Science Center of Iowa4.47.1 mi
- Pappajohn Sculpture Park4.67.5 mi
- Des Moines Art Center4.69.2 mi
- Hoyt Sherman Place4.87.4 mi
- Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden4.76.2 mi
- Prairie Ridge Sports Complex4.56.6 mi
- Raccoon River Park4.712.4 mi
- ARL Animal Rescue League of Iowa4.32.2 mi
- Fort Des Moines Park4.610.9 mi
- Captain Roy's4.65.3 mi
- Saylorville Lake Marina4.710.4 mi
- Big Creek Marina4.614.7 mi
- Terrace Hills Golf Course4.46.1 mi
- Toad Valley Golf Course4.27.5 mi
- Beaver Creek Golf Club3.912.3 mi
- Woodland Hills Golf Course4.83.6 mi
- Tournament Club of Iowa4.411.9 mi
- Outlets of Des Moines4.31.5 mi
- Merle Hay Mall48.5 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.37.1 mi
- The Southridge Mall3.610.5 mi
- T.J. Maxx4.211.5 mi
- Des Moines International Airport4.311 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.