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

According to data from Realtor.com, the median house listing price for the 51638 Zip Code in February 2026 was $272,500. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.0481%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was -0.0716%.

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

Data Source: Realtor.
Zip Code: 51638 - Trend of Median House Listing Price ($)
Zip Code: 51638 Trend of Median House Listing Price
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Month Price ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Aug 2016 79900
Sep 2016 118950
Oct 2016 168475
Nov 2016 199900
Dec 2016 202175
Jan 2017 199900
Feb 2017 81175
Mar 2017 139950
Apr 2017 120000
May 2017 117500
Jun 2017 120000
Jul 2017 67400
Aug 2017 84000 0.2463 0.0513
Sep 2017 61900 -0.2631 -0.4796
Oct 2017 79000 0.2763 -0.5311
Nov 2017 81250 0.0285 -0.5935
Dec 2017 79000 -0.0277 -0.6092
Jan 2018 66700 -0.1557 -0.6663
Feb 2018 44900 -0.3268 -0.4469
Mar 2018 72625 0.6175 -0.4811
Apr 2018 71250 -0.0189 -0.4063
May 2018 75375 0.0579 -0.3585
Jun 2018 88000 0.1675 -0.2667
Jul 2018 69700 -0.208 0.0341
Aug 2018 57700 -0.1722 -0.3131
Sep 2018 29900 -0.4818 -0.517
Oct 2018 29900 0.0 -0.6215
Nov 2018 21000 -0.2977 -0.7415
Dec 2018 21000 0.0 -0.7342
Jan 2019 21000 0.0 -0.6852
Feb 2019 75500 2.5952 0.6815
Mar 2019 63500 -0.1589 -0.1256
Apr 2019 55571 -0.1249 -0.2201
May 2019 46321 -0.1665 -0.3855
Jun 2019 76375 0.6488 -0.1321
Jul 2019 63500 -0.1686 -0.089
Nov 2019 246500 10.7381
Dec 2019 172750 -0.2992 7.2262
Jan 2020 156125 -0.0962 6.4345
Feb 2020 139500 -0.1065 0.8477
Mar 2020 74750 -0.4642 0.1772
Apr 2020 65775 -0.1201 0.1836
May 2020 71850 0.0924 0.5511
Jun 2020 100000 0.3918 0.3093
Jul 2020 172500 0.725 1.7165
Aug 2020 120750 -0.3
Sep 2020 58750 -0.5135
Nov 2020 82500 -0.6653
Dec 2020 229900 1.7867 0.3308
Jan 2021 198500 -0.1366 0.2714
Feb 2021 198500 0.0 0.4229
Mar 2021 139250 -0.2985 0.8629
Apr 2021 198500 0.4255 2.0179
May 2021 198500 0.0 1.7627
Jun 2021 194500 -0.0202 0.945
Jul 2021 194500 0.0 0.1275
Aug 2021 39500 -0.7969 -0.6729
Oct 2021 39500
Nov 2021 120000 2.038 0.4545
Apr 2022 212000 0.068
May 2022 188500 -0.1108 -0.0504
Jun 2022 212000 0.1247 0.09
Jul 2022 196000 -0.0755 0.0077
Aug 2022 252500 0.2883 5.3924
Sep 2022 208950 -0.1725
Oct 2022 210150 0.0057 4.3203
Nov 2022 199900 -0.0488 0.6658
Dec 2022 139950 -0.2999
Jan 2023 80000 -0.4284
Feb 2023 80000 0.0
Mar 2023 165000 1.0625
Apr 2023 165000 0.0 -0.2217
May 2023 165000 0.0 -0.1247
Jun 2023 195750 0.1864 -0.0767
Jul 2023 0
Aug 2023 275000 0.0891
Sep 2023 275000 0.0 0.3161
Oct 2023 275000 0.0 0.3086
Nov 2023 275000 0.0 0.3757
Dec 2023 275000 0.0 0.965
Jan 2024 275000 0.0 2.4375
Feb 2024 275000 0.0 2.4375
Mar 2024 285000 0.0364 0.7273
Apr 2024 285000 0.0 0.7273
May 2024 285000 0.0 0.7273
Jun 2024 285000 0.0 0.4559
Jul 2024 285000 0.0
Aug 2024 285000 0.0 0.0364
Sep 2024 285000 0.0 0.0364
Oct 2024 227500 -0.2018 -0.1727
Nov 2024 225750 -0.0077 -0.1791
Dec 2024 280000 0.2403 0.0182
Jan 2025 283375 0.0121 0.0305
Feb 2025 286750 0.0119 0.0427
Mar 2025 293500 0.0235 0.0298
Apr 2025 293500 0.0 0.0298
May 2025 293500 0.0 0.0298
Jun 2025 285000 -0.029 0.0
Jul 2025 308750 0.0833 0.0833
Aug 2025 288750 -0.0648 0.0132
Sep 2025 285000 -0.013 0.0
Oct 2025 285000 0.0 0.2527
Nov 2025 285000 0.0 0.2625
Dec 2025 260000 -0.0877 -0.0714
Jan 2026 260000 0.0 -0.0825
Feb 2026 260000 0.0 -0.0933
Mar 2026 272500 0.0481 -0.0716