Zip Code: 51638 (Essex, IA) - Trend of House - Median Days on Market (Realtor)

Updated on March 13, 2026.

According to data from Realtor.com, the median days on market for houses in the 51638 Zip Code in February 2026 was 77 days. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.2623%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was -0.3216%.

You can see similar for other Iowa Zip Codes, and for Iowa.

The chart below shows the trend of the median days on market for houses in the 51638 zip code. The table below shows the trend, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes.

Data Source: Realtor.
Zip Code: 51638 - Trend of House - Median Days on Market
Zip Code: 51638 Trend of House - Median Days on Market
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Month Med. Days on Market MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Aug 2016 65
Sep 2016 69
Oct 2016 100
Nov 2016 107
Dec 2016 115
Jan 2017 163
Feb 2017 143
Mar 2017 249
Apr 2017 149
May 2017 59
Jun 2017 212
Jul 2017 6
Aug 2017 25 3.4545 -0.6202
Sep 2017 19 -0.2245 -0.7246
Oct 2017 45 1.3684 -0.55
Nov 2017 72 0.6 -0.3271
Dec 2017 105 0.4514 -0.0913
Jan 2018 118 0.1244 -0.2791
Feb 2018 117 -0.0085 -0.1853
Mar 2018 167 0.4292 -0.33
Apr 2018 176 0.0571 0.1852
May 2018 18 -0.8963 -0.6907
Jun 2018 34 0.8356 -0.8416
Jul 2018 33 -0.0149 5.0
Aug 2018 65 0.9545 1.6327
Sep 2018 86 0.3256 3.5
Oct 2018 117 0.3684 1.6
Nov 2018 149 0.2692 1.0625
Dec 2018 170 0.1414 0.622
Jan 2019 208 0.2271 0.7702
Feb 2019 14 -0.9327 -0.8798
Mar 2019 37 1.6071 -0.7808
Apr 2019 49 0.3425 -0.7216
May 2019 50 0.0255 1.7534
Jun 2019 98 0.9453 1.9179
Jul 2019 149 0.5192 3.5
Nov 2019 59 -0.6027
Dec 2019 52 -0.1271 -0.6962
Jan 2020 39 -0.2379 -0.8113
Feb 2020 59 0.5032 3.2143
Mar 2020 52 -0.1186 0.4247
Apr 2020 80 0.5385 0.6327
May 2020 122 0.525 1.4279
Jun 2020 150 0.2295 0.5345
Jul 2020 168 0.1167 0.1279
Aug 2020 52 -0.6896
Sep 2020 179 2.4423
Nov 2020 210 2.5593
Dec 2020 4 -0.981 -0.9223
Jan 2021 19 3.625 -0.5287
Feb 2021 43 1.3243 -0.2712
Mar 2021 47 0.0814 -0.1058
Apr 2021 103 1.2043 0.2813
May 2021 131 0.2732 0.0697
Jun 2021 162 0.2414 0.08
Jul 2021 183 0.1296 0.0925
Aug 2021 5 -0.9727 -0.9038
Oct 2021 46
Nov 2021 149 2.2391 -0.2905
Apr 2022 5 -0.9561
May 2022 20 3.4444 -0.8467
Jun 2022 61 2.025 -0.6265
Jul 2022 84 0.3884 -0.541
Aug 2022 19 -0.7798 2.7
Sep 2022 23 0.2162
Oct 2022 44 0.9667 -0.038
Nov 2022 82 0.8531 -0.4497
Dec 2022 69 -0.1585
Jan 2023 56 -0.1884
Feb 2023 95 0.6875
Mar 2023 68 -0.2857
Apr 2023 89 0.3111 18.6667
May 2023 120 0.3559 5.0
Jun 2023 124 0.0333 1.0496
Jul 2023 0
Aug 2023 13 -0.2973
Sep 2023 31 1.3462 0.3556
Oct 2023 62 1.0328 0.4011
Nov 2023 94 0.5081 0.1402
Dec 2023 122 0.2995 0.7609
Jan 2024 153 0.2593 1.7321
Feb 2024 185 0.2059 0.9524
Mar 2024 213 0.1518 2.1481
Apr 2024 244 0.1482 1.7571
May 2024 276 0.1291 1.2958
Jun 2024 304 0.1016 1.4476
Jul 2024 321 0.0577
Aug 2024 236 -0.2648 17.1538
Sep 2024 129 -0.4534 3.2295
Oct 2024 117 -0.0969 0.879
Nov 2024 37 -0.6867 -0.6096
Dec 2024 54 0.4795 -0.5556
Jan 2025 73 0.3426 -0.5261
Feb 2025 81 0.1103 -0.5637
Mar 2025 114 0.4099 -0.4659
Apr 2025 140 0.2335 -0.4262
May 2025 177 0.2607 -0.3593
Jun 2025 29 -0.8357 -0.9044
Jul 2025 31 0.069 -0.9034
Aug 2025 19 -0.3952 -0.9206
Sep 2025 31 0.6267 -0.7636
Oct 2025 62 1.0328 -0.4678
Nov 2025 90 0.4516 1.4658
Dec 2025 120 0.3333 1.2222
Jan 2026 145 0.2042 0.9931
Feb 2026 61 -0.5779 -0.2422
Mar 2026 77 0.2623 -0.3216