The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 50241 sells for about $364,712, 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 $1,318 a month.
ZIP 50241 — St. Marys
The housing market in ZIP 50241 reflects broader Des Moines metro trends, characterized by a balanced inventory and moderate price adjustments. While local listing prices remain stable, the market is seeing a slight year-over-year decline in median values, consistent with regional cooling. Buyers are currently finding a more measured pace of sales compared to previous high-demand periods.
Median prices moved down 2.6% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 57 days on market with 3.5 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 10.2% · poverty 8.3% — a mixed stability profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
net influx — more people moved in than out
ZCTA 50241
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 50241 profile.
- Spare Time Des Moines4.218.8 mi
- Chuck E. Cheese3.919.9 mi
- Kids Empire Jordan Creek4.118.2 mi
- The Operating Room West Des Moines4.417.8 mi
- Escape Chambers Des Moines4.319.7 mi
- Principal Park4.619.8 mi
- Science Center of Iowa4.419.9 mi
- Val Air Ballroom4.219.3 mi
- Spare Time Des Moines4.218.8 mi
- St. Kilda Collective4.518.5 mi
- Lake Ahquabi State Park4.57.7 mi
- Historic Holliwell Covered Bridge4.812 mi
- Historic Imes Covered Bridge4.73.9 mi
- Madison County Winery4.87 mi
- Paramount 7 Theatre4.49.5 mi
- Science Center of Iowa4.419.9 mi
- Pappajohn Sculpture Park4.619.9 mi
- Des Moines Art Center4.619.3 mi
- John Wayne Birthplace Museum4.714.9 mi
- Salisbury House & Gardens4.719.1 mi
- Lake Ahquabi State Park4.57.7 mi
- Norwalk-McAninch Sports Complex4.211.3 mi
- Indianola Pickard Sports Complex4.511.1 mi
- Buxton Park Arboretum4.89.6 mi
- Hickory Hills County Park4.610.8 mi
- The Legacy Golf Club4.512.8 mi
- Deer Run Golf Club3.47.9 mi
- Indianola Golf Club4.59.8 mi
- Theisen's Home Farm Auto of Indianola4.410.5 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.39.9 mi
- DeYarman Ford Indianola4.710.5 mi
- Dollar General4.18.2 mi
- Des Moines International Airport4.316.1 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.