Zip Code: 51638 (Essex, IA) - Trend of Median House Listing Price Per Square Feet (Realtor)
Updated on March 13, 2026.

According to data from Realtor.com, the median house listing price per square feet for the 51638 Zip Code in February 2026 was $150. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.3368%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was -0.2678%.

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The chart below shows the trend of the median house listing price per square feet in the 51638 zip code. The table below shows the trend of the median house listing price per square feet, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes.

Data Source: Realtor.
Zip Code: 51638 - Trend of Median House Listing Price Per Square Feet ($)
Zip Code: 51638 Trend of Median House Listing Price Per Square Feet
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Month Price ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Aug 2016 48
Sep 2016 76
Oct 2016 124
Nov 2016 179
Dec 2016 154
Jan 2017 179
Feb 2017 68
Mar 2017 109
Apr 2017 67
May 2017 89
Jun 2017 67
Jul 2017 43
Aug 2017 47 0.0953 -0.0055
Sep 2017 40 -0.1484 -0.4731
Oct 2017 44 0.1044 -0.6404
Nov 2017 44 0.0001 -0.7512
Dec 2017 44 -0.0001 -0.7116
Jan 2018 45 0.0022 -0.7507
Feb 2018 30 -0.3379 -0.5683
Mar 2018 48 0.6109 -0.5652
Apr 2018 50 0.0448 -0.2632
May 2018 48 -0.0237 -0.4551
Jun 2018 52 0.0636 -0.2349
Jul 2018 50 -0.0284 0.1606
Aug 2018 51 0.0203 0.0811
Sep 2018 23 -0.5442 -0.4214
Oct 2018 23 0.0 -0.4761
Nov 2018 16 -0.2977 -0.6321
Dec 2018 16 0.0 -0.632
Jan 2019 16 0.0 -0.6328
Feb 2019 52 2.1974 0.7732
Mar 2019 38 -0.2743 -0.2012
Apr 2019 36 -0.0611 -0.2821
May 2019 33 -0.0759 -0.3205
Jun 2019 39 0.1688 -0.2533
Jul 2019 38 -0.0139 -0.2422
Nov 2019 140 7.5812
Dec 2019 98 -0.3033 4.9782
Jan 2020 98 0.0 4.9782
Feb 2020 90 -0.0791 0.7218
Mar 2020 44 -0.5081 0.167
Apr 2020 54 0.2286 0.5271
May 2020 51 -0.0641 0.5466
Jun 2020 72 0.4055 0.8599
Jul 2020 106 0.4744 1.781
Aug 2020 86 -0.1872
Sep 2020 53 -0.3836
Nov 2020 82 -0.4172
Dec 2020 110 0.3398 0.1209
Jan 2021 166 0.5106 0.6933
Feb 2021 166 0.0 0.8388
Mar 2021 113 -0.3198 1.5427
Apr 2021 166 0.4702 2.0429
May 2021 166 0.0 2.2511
Jun 2021 162 -0.0202 1.2665
Jul 2021 162 0.0 0.5372
Aug 2021 38 -0.7631 -0.552
Oct 2021 38
Nov 2021 79 1.0486 -0.0375
Apr 2022 177 0.068
May 2022 148 -0.166 -0.1093
Jun 2022 177 0.1991 0.09
Jul 2022 121 -0.3184 -0.257
Aug 2022 205 0.6991 4.3287
Sep 2022 162 -0.2108
Oct 2022 159 -0.0163 3.1367
Nov 2022 131 -0.1767 0.6626
Dec 2022 101 -0.2269
Jan 2023 72 -0.2935
Feb 2023 72 0.0
Mar 2023 111 0.5467
Apr 2023 111 0.0 -0.3746
May 2023 111 0.0 -0.2501
Jun 2023 123 0.1118 -0.3047
Jul 2023 0
Aug 2023 207 0.0104
Sep 2023 207 0.0 0.2803
Oct 2023 207 0.0 0.3015
Nov 2023 205 -0.0094 0.5659
Dec 2023 205 0.0 1.0254
Jan 2024 207 0.0095 1.8939
Feb 2024 207 0.0 1.8939
Mar 2024 213 0.0267 0.9211
Apr 2024 211 -0.0094 0.903
May 2024 207 -0.019 0.8669
Jun 2024 207 0.0 0.6792
Jul 2024 207 0.0
Aug 2024 207 0.0 -0.0023
Sep 2024 211 0.0194 0.0171
Oct 2024 166 -0.211 -0.1976
Nov 2024 145 -0.1276 -0.2933
Dec 2024 207 0.4252 0.0073
Jan 2025 207 0.0028 0.0006
Feb 2025 206 -0.0043 -0.0037
Mar 2025 205 -0.0069 -0.0363
Apr 2025 205 0.0 -0.0272
May 2025 205 0.0 -0.0083
Jun 2025 205 -0.0006 -0.0089
Jul 2025 172 -0.1609 -0.1683
Aug 2025 129 -0.2467 -0.3735
Sep 2025 100 -0.2264 -0.5245
Oct 2025 96 -0.0381 -0.4203
Nov 2025 96 0.0 -0.3355
Dec 2025 112 0.165 -0.4569
Jan 2026 112 0.0 -0.4584
Feb 2026 112 0.0 -0.4561
Mar 2026 150 0.3368 -0.2678