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ZIP 51062 · Westfield, IA · 338 residents · September 2026

Westfield 51062: sellers hold the leverage.

Sellers hold the leverage. Listings move fast and often over asking. Typical home value $363K, +10.2% over 12 months; listings take 41 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

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

Market balanceSeptember 2026

BuyersSellersEven
Seller's market+58

In Mar 2026: +15

Typical value$363K+10.2% over 12 months · Zillow, Aug 2026
Days on market41 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cut0%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com
Fair market rent$1,030/moHUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms, FY 2026
Active listings3+200% vs a year ago · Realtor.com
Sale-to-list—No Redfin sales figure for this ZIP
HavenScore46of 100

Higher than 29% of scored ZIPs

Affordability—
Growth56
Risk59
Momentum25
Livability27

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 2026+15
  2. Apr 2026+41
  3. May 2026+48
  4. Jun 2026+44
  5. Jul 2026+46
  6. Aug 2026—no reading on record
  7. Sep 2026+58

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

  • 41 days on marketfaster than the U.S. median ZIP's 60 days
  • 0% of listings cut pricefewer than the U.S. median ZIP's 20%
  • Sale-to-list —No sale-to-list figure for this ZIP
  • 3 active listings+200% vs a year ago

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

Accelerating: prices +10.2% over the trailing year, with the market leaning toward sellers.

Asking price vs sale price
Typical value (index)$363,375Zillow 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
Days on marketHavenJun → 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 2018, and how far it moved over each window.

1 year+10.2%
3 years+22.2%
5 years+45.1%
10 years—
From peak0.0%

Zillow Home Value Index · ZIP 51062 · monthly, through August 2026

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Zillow ZHVI peaked at $363,533 in July 2026, which is the latest value. Since January 2019 it is +84.0%. The sharpest 12-month move was −2.3%, ending February 2026.

Zillow's typical home value here, $363K in August 2026, is 26% above the median U.S. ZIP's $289K. Over the 12 months to August 2026, Zillow's typical home value moved +10.2% here and +2.8% in the median U.S. ZIP.

Price tiers and bedrooms
Bottom tier$168K
Middle tier$363K
Top tier$562K
Single-family$363K

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+10.2%+10.1%/yrTop 2% nationallyTop 1% in Iowa
3 years+22.2%+6.9%/yrTop 4% nationallyTop 1% in Iowa
5 years+45.1%+7.7%/yrTop 3% nationallyTop 1% in Iowa
Since 2018+89.2%+7.8%/yr——

Zillow ZHVI · rank among scored ZIPs

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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
$275K$300K$325K$350K$375K$400K$358K202420252026$275K$300K$325K$375K$400K$358K202420252026
3 months$358K−1.4% · $345K–$373KHigh 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

$2,96150% of the U.S. median ZIP's household income ($71,388)
Principal and interest$2,145
Property tax$460
Insurance$151
Mortgage insurance$204

Above the 36% line lenders use for total debt. Rate is the Freddie Mac average for September 2026; tax is the state's statutory rate.

Insurance is assumed at 0.5% of the home's value a year; Treasury's Federal Insurance Office did not publish a premium for this ZIP.

Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms$1,030
vs
Payment on a typical purchase$2,961

Buying costs $1,931 a month more than the HUD fair market rent for a 2-bedroom here (FY 2026), before tax effects and maintenance.

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The place

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

Median household income—Census ACS
Price to income—long-run average —
Property tax1.52%statutory, state
Insurance—typical premium
Commute23 minmedian, one way
Walkability4 / 20EPA index
Hazard ratingRelatively HighFEMA NRI · wildfire 95 · flood 77
Population change−4.3% a year2018–2023, Census ACS
Median year built1938Census ACS
Owner-occupied89%Census ACS
Hazard ledger
Overall riskRelatively Highscore 84 of 100 · county median 84
Flood77 of 100county median 77
Wildfire95 of 100county median 84
Hurricane—no FEMA score for this ZIP

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 7 scored ZIPs in Plymouth County.

Housing cost burden
Owners spending over 50% of income0%U.S. median ZIP 5%
Renters spending over 30% of income39%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

—

Growth

56

Risk

59

Momentum

25
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Livability

27
Walkability4 / 20EPA Smart Location DatabaseLeast walkable
Transit access—EPA Smart Location DatabaseNo transit data
Job density4 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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