The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 52556 sells for about $196,000, or $118 per square foot.
Homes take about 112 days to sell, which is slow. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $878 a month.
ZIP 52556 — Fairfield
The 52556 housing market in Fairfield, Iowa, is characterized by light activity and a cool market index. With a median home sale price of $196,000 and a median time on market of 112 days, the area shows slower turnover compared to national averages.
Median prices moved sideways 0.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 112 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a slower-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 8.9% · poverty 16.8% — a mixed stability profile.
ZCTA 52556, Jefferson County IA
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Iowa) — Iowa Property Tax Assessment Limitation: The taxable value is determined by applying an assessment limitation (rollback) to the assessed market value. The limitation is calculated annually to restrict the growth in aggregate taxable value for the residential class to 3% statewide.
not determinable
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.