Buyer’s-market ZIPs · October 2026 dataUpdated OCT 1, 2026

Iowa buyer’s-market ZIPs

In the latest monthly data, 87 of 144 ranked ZIPs in Iowa tilt toward buyers on the buyer-seller gauge — conditions change month to month. The gauge reads inventory, days-on-market, price-cut share, sale-to-list, and price-acceleration signals; sources: Zillow, Realtor, Redfin.

#	ZIP	Score	Gauge	Median value	Days on market
01	50309Des Moines, IA	53	Buyer's Market	$242K	114 days
02	50317Des Moines, IA	61	Leaning Buyer	$193K	58 days
03	50501Fort Dodge, IA	61	Leaning Buyer	$132K	58 days
04	50703Waterloo, IA	60	Leaning Buyer	$96K	81 days
05	50263Waukee, IA	64	Leaning Buyer	$345K	79 days
06	50323Urbandale, IA	65	Leaning Buyer	$457K	82 days
07	50327Pleasant Hill, IA	60	Leaning Buyer	$319K	73 days
08	50266West Des Moines, IA	61	Leaning Buyer	$335K	74 days
09	50313Des Moines, IA	61	Leaning Buyer	$187K	55 days
10	50316Des Moines, IA	59	Leaning Buyer	$165K	54 days
11	50311Des Moines, IA	55	Leaning Buyer	$231K	62 days
12	50312Des Moines, IA	59	Leaning Buyer	$297K	67 days
13	51105Sioux City, IA	54	Leaning Buyer	$136K	65 days
14	50021Ankeny, IA	64	Leaning Buyer	$318K	77 days
15	50226Polk City, IA	64	Leaning Buyer	$428K	85 days
16	52601Burlington, IA	64	Leaning Buyer	$129K	58 days
17	52632Keokuk, IA	61	Leaning Buyer	$85K	73 days
18	50265West Des Moines, IA	59	Leaning Buyer	$311K	57 days
19	50310Des Moines, IA	58	Leaning Buyer	$234K	43 days
20	50325Clive, IA	62	Leaning Buyer	$434K	61 days
21	52544Centerville, IA	53	Leaning Buyer	$105K	65 days
22	50322Urbandale, IA	60	Leaning Buyer	$292K	56 days
23	50315Des Moines, IA	59	Leaning Buyer	$198K	49 days
24	51442Denison, IA	55	Leaning Buyer	$182K	71 days
25	50036Boone, IA	57	Leaning Buyer	$212K	51 days
26	50314Des Moines, IA	51	Leaning Buyer	$163K	65 days
27	50701Waterloo, IA	58	Leaning Buyer	$188K	49 days
28	51103Sioux City, IA	56	Leaning Buyer	$163K	55 days
29	51106Sioux City, IA	57	Leaning Buyer	$225K	46 days
30	50131Johnston, IA	63	Leaning Buyer	$401K	73 days
31	50702Waterloo, IA	61	Leaning Buyer	$151K	46 days
32	50320Des Moines, IA	60	Leaning Buyer	$265K	54 days
33	50009Altoona, IA	59	Leaning Buyer	$320K	57 days
34	50023Ankeny, IA	64	Leaning Buyer	$355K	52 days
35	50111Grimes, IA	64	Leaning Buyer	$346K	59 days
36	50595Webster City, IA	61	Leaning Buyer	$155K	64 days
37	50208Newton, IA	55	Leaning Buyer	$207K	58 days
38	50273Winterset, IA	51	Leaning Buyer	$300K	82 days
39	51566Red Oak, IA	62	Leaning Buyer	$139K	94 days
40	52501Ottumwa, IA	61	Leaning Buyer	$126K	53 days
41	50588Storm Lake, IA	59	Leaning Buyer	$196K	67 days
42	52556Fairfield, IA	53	Leaning Buyer	$181K	68 days
43	50035Bondurant, IA	64	Leaning Buyer	$329K	56 days
44	50211Norwalk, IA	59	Leaning Buyer	$343K	65 days
45	50707Evansdale, IA	55	Leaning Buyer	$158K	43 days
46	52627Fort Madison, IA	64	Leaning Buyer	$112K	58 days
47	52803Davenport, IA	62	Leaning Buyer	$169K	46 days
48	51104Sioux City, IA	59	Leaning Buyer	$228K	43 days
49	50003Adel, IA	59	Leaning Buyer	$402K	90 days
50	50049Chariton, IA	55	Leaning Buyer	$174K	94 days

Showing the 50 most buyer-tilted of 87 Iowa ZIPs currently tilting toward buyers.

Ranked by how far the buyer-seller gauge tilts toward buyers; the gauge is a HavenScore composite and its five labels run from Buyer’s Market to Seller’s Market. Median value is Zillow ZHVI; days on market is Realtor. Only ZIPs with 5,000+ residents are ranked — thinner markets are too noisy month-to-month. A buyer tilt describes current conditions, not where prices go next. How the gauge works →