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ZIP 50151 · Woodburn, IA · 695 residents · September 2026

Woodburn 50151: sellers hold the leverage.

Sellers hold the leverage. Listings move fast and often over asking. Typical home value $270K, +4.6% over 12 months.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Census ACS 2023 · FEMA NRI

Market balanceSeptember 2026

BuyersSellersEven
Seller's market+63

In Mar 2026: 0

Typical value$270K+4.6% over 12 months · Zillow, Aug 2026
Days on market—No reading this month · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cut0%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com
Fair market rent$1,480/moHUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms, FY 2026
Active listings0−100% vs a year ago · Realtor.com
Sale-to-list—No Redfin sales figure for this ZIP
HavenScore50of 100

Higher than 46% of scored ZIPs

Affordability58
Growth62
Risk54
Momentum28
Livability16

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

The reading

Where the balance sits this month and what moved it.

Month by month, since the gauge began

  1. Mar 20260
  2. Apr 2026−17
  3. May 2026−9
  4. Jun 2026−2
  5. Jul 2026+39
  6. Aug 2026—no reading on record
  7. Sep 2026+63

Each block is one month’s reading, −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers). The series starts in March 2026. A dashed block has no reading on record. How the balance is measured →

What is pulling the needle

  • 0% of listings cut pricefewer than the U.S. median ZIP's 20%
  • Sale-to-list —No sale-to-list figure for this ZIP
  • 0 active listings−100% vs a year ago

Blue pulls toward buyers, orange toward sellers. Realtor.com, September 2026; Redfin.

Accelerating: prices +4.6% over the trailing year, with the market leaning toward sellers.

Asking price vs sale price
Typical value (index)$269,769Zillow ZHVI · Aug 2026
Median sale price—Redfin
Sale-to-list—Redfin
Sold above list—Redfin

Zillow's figure is a smoothed index of typical value, not a list price; Redfin's are closed sales for the month shown. A dash means Redfin has no closed-sale figure for the latest month.

Last 90 days

How the typical value and the listings moved over the last three months.

Typical valueHavenMay → Aug · Zillow
Active listingsHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cutHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
The 90-day changes for this ZIP are part of Haven.
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Prices

Typical home value since 2022, and how far it moved over each window.

1 year+4.6%
3 years+9.3%
5 years—
10 years—
From peak−0.6%

Zillow Home Value Index · ZIP 50151 · monthly, through August 2026

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Zillow ZHVI peaked at $271,747 in February 2025 and, after a −6.3% drawdown, is back at that level. The sharpest 12-month move was −4.4%, ending July 2023.

Zillow's typical home value here, $270K in August 2026, is 7% below the median U.S. ZIP's $289K. Over the 12 months to August 2026, Zillow's typical home value moved +4.6% here and +2.8% in the median U.S. ZIP.

Price tiers and bedrooms
Bottom tier$107K
Middle tier$270K
Top tier$462K
Single-family$270K
3 bedrooms$331K

Zillow typical values by price tier, home type and bedrooms, August 2026.

How it ranks

Appreciation by window

WindowChangePer yearU.S. rankIowa rank
1 year+4.6%+4.6%/yrTop 22% nationallyTop 21% in Iowa
3 years+9.3%+3.0%/yrHigher than 59% nationallyHigher than 50% in Iowa
Since 2022+17.0%+3.6%/yr——

Zillow ZHVI · rank among scored ZIPs

This time of year Haven
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Cycle position Pro
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Forecast

Where the typical value is likely to be over the next 3 to 12 months, with the range the model has earned, and up to 36 months with Pro.

Last three years, then the forecast band

HavenScore Forecast Model (v1) · run October 1, 2026
$220K$240K$260K$280K$270K202420252026$220K$240K$260K$280K$270K202420252026
3 months$270K0.0% · $264K–$276KLow confidence
6 monthsHaven
12 monthsHaven
24 monthsPro
36 monthsPro
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A forecast is a range, not a promise; the confidence word says how wide it is. How the forecast works →

Of the 3-month ranges we published since December 2025, 54% contained the actual price.

Payment

What a typical home here costs each month, against the typical income.

Monthly payment

$2,24031% of the median household income here ($87,548)
Principal and interest$1,593
Property tax$342
Insurance$154
Mortgage insurance$152

Between the 28% and 36% lines lenders use. Rate is the Freddie Mac average for September 2026; tax is the state's statutory rate.

Insurance uses the average homeowners premium insurers reported for this ZIP in 2022, $1,845 a year (Treasury Federal Insurance Office).

Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms$1,480
vs
Payment on a typical purchase$2,240

Buying costs $760 a month more than the HUD fair market rent for a 2-bedroom here (FY 2026), before tax effects and maintenance.

Like for like: the HUD fair market rent for a 3-bedroom here is $1,900 a month (FY 2026), against a typical 3-bedroom value of $331K (Zillow, August 2026) — a 6.9% gross rent yield.

Price-to-income ladder

Median home value ÷ median household income · Zillow ZHVI, Census ACS · under 4× has historically been comfortable

Cost of owning over time Haven
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The place

What it costs to own here beyond the price, and what the neighborhood is like.

Median household income$87,548Census ACS
Price to income3.1×long-run average 2.9×
Property tax1.52%statutory, state
Insurance$1,845/yrtypical premium
Commute32 minmedian, one way
Walkability3 / 20EPA index
Hazard ratingRelatively HighFEMA NRI · wildfire 90 · flood 77
Population change+3.8% a year2018–2023, Census ACS
Median year built1958Census ACS
Owner-occupied93%Census ACS

Typical homes cost 3.1× the median household income here, against 3.2× in the median IA ZIP and 4.3× in the median U.S. ZIP (Zillow, August 2026; Census ACS 2023). Median household income is $87,548 here, against $71,388 in the median U.S. ZIP (Census ACS 2023).

Hazard ledger
Overall riskRelatively Highscore 89 of 100 · county median 87
Flood77 of 100county median 73
Wildfire90 of 100county median 89
Hurricane28 of 100county median 28

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release, refreshed annually · tract-level rolled up to ZIP · not a property-level rating · no future-year projection · the tick is the median of 4 scored ZIPs in Lucas County.

Housing cost burden
Owners spending over 50% of income2%U.S. median ZIP 5%
Renters spending over 30% of income14%U.S. median ZIP 39%

Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates · the tick is the U.S. median ZIP.

Behind the score

The inputs behind each of the five parts, against the U.S. median ZIP.

Affordability

58

Growth

62

Risk

54

Momentum

28
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Livability

16
Walkability3 / 20EPA Smart Location DatabaseLeast walkable
Transit access—EPA Smart Location DatabaseNo transit data
Job density1 jobs per sq miCensus LODESFew jobs nearby

Nearby

3 scored Iowa ZIPs within 12 miles; the ones below score within ten points and cost less.

Sources and freshness

Every figure on this page, where it came from and when.

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ZillowHome values, rents, price tiersAugust 2026
Realtor.comListings, days on market, price cutsSeptember 2026
RedfinSale-to-list, sold above list—
Census ACSIncome, commute, population, housing stock2023 five-year
FEMA National Risk IndexHazard ratingsDecember 2025 release
EPAWalkability2021
HUDFair market rent, 2 bedroomsFY 2026
Freddie MacMortgage rateSeptember 2026, monthly average
HavenScoreScore, balance, forecastScored October 1, 2026

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