Des Moines-West Des Moines, IAmetro area · Iowa
🔥 #280 of 591 ranked US markets
Public-record counts · 12 months ending 2026-06-03 · compiled 2026-07-05
Investor purchases (12 mo)
924
purchases by LLCs & corporations
Per 100 homes
0.4
median ranked market: 0.4
Change vs prior 12 mo
+5%
877 → 924 investor purchases
Share of sales to investors
9%
924 of 10,442 recorded sales
Turnover
5.0%
share of all homes that sold
Single-family homes
209,577
Where inside Des Moines-West Des Moines? County by county
Same counting rules at every level. Open a county to see its hottest ZIPs — that's the level you'd actually market at.
Polk County727 investor purchases · 0.5 per 100 homes · 10% of sales · 149,062 homes10 ranked ZIPs ↓
| # | ZIP | County | Investor purchaseslast 12 mo | Per 100 homesinvestor purchases | Share of salesbought by investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 50314 | Polk County | 30 | 1.2 | 23% |
| 12 | 50316 | Polk County | 44 | 0.9 | 19% |
| 15 | 50021 | Polk County | 84 | 0.9 | 14% |
| 16 | 50311 | Polk County | 31 | 0.8 | 16% |
| 18 | 50315 | Polk County | 87 | 0.8 | 15% |
| 20 | 50317 | Polk County | 96 | 0.7 | 15% |
| 21 | 50313 | Polk County | 45 | 0.7 | 14% |
| 28 | 50312 | Polk County | 30 | 0.7 | 12% |
| 55 | 50310 | Polk County | 46 | 0.4 | 8% |
| 65 | 50320 | Polk County | 21 | 0.4 | 9% |
Dallas County75 investor purchases · 0.4 per 100 homes · 8% of sales · 19,784 homes2 ranked ZIPs ↓
Guthrie County18 investor purchases · 0.4 per 100 homes · 9% of sales · 5,034 homesno ranked ZIPs
No ZIP in Guthrie County clears the ZIP ranking bars (500 homes, 30 sales, 15 investor purchases) — the county totals above are still real; the activity is just spread thin.
Jasper County41 investor purchases · 0.4 per 100 homes · 7% of sales · 11,534 homes1 ranked ZIPs ↓
| # | ZIP | County | Investor purchaseslast 12 mo | Per 100 homesinvestor purchases | Share of salesbought by investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 50208 | Jasper County | 24 | 0.4 | 8% |
Warren County46 investor purchases · 0.3 per 100 homes · 5% of sales · 17,044 homes1 ranked ZIPs ↓
| # | ZIP | County | Investor purchaseslast 12 mo | Per 100 homesinvestor purchases | Share of salesbought by investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | 50125 | Warren County | 23 | 0.4 | 7% |
Madison County17 investor purchases · 0.2 per 100 homes · 5% of sales · 7,119 homesno ranked ZIPs
No ZIP in Madison County clears the ZIP ranking bars (500 homes, 30 sales, 15 investor purchases) — the county totals above are still real; the activity is just spread thin.
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