Bondurant and Urbandale sit on the east and west sides of the Des Moines metro, and this fall their numbers tell two different stories. Zillow's typical home value for Bondurant is $332,200 as of the end of September 2026, down 0.9% from a year earlier. Urbandale's is $350,400, essentially unchanged from $349,500. Zillow's latest ZIP code market reports add a second layer: far more homes on the market in Bondurant, and far fewer recent sales.
Bottom line: in Zillow's data, Bondurant's typical value has slipped slightly while Urbandale's has held steady, and Urbandale shows more recent sales. Here are the numbers, the caveats, and what each one means for your strategy.
These figures come from two different Zillow products, so I am keeping them labeled. The Home Value Index estimates the typical value of all homes in a city, smoothed and rounded to the nearest $100. The market reports are snapshots for a ZIP code area, with active listings and recent sales counted by Zillow on the date of each report.
Urbandale's typical value runs about $18,200 higher.
Zillow Home Value Index estimates, rounded to the nearest $100; an estimate of all homes, not a sale price.
Read together, Bondurant shows more homes on the market than Urbandale and far fewer recent sales. A ZIP code area is not the same as a city boundary, and a one-day snapshot is not a full month of closings, so treat these as direction rather than a final count. My Central Iowa market numbers page labels the source and date on every figure if you want to compare other towns.
A 0.9% dip in a typical value is small. On a $335,200 home it is roughly $3,000 of estimated value, and Zillow's index is an estimate, not a sale price. It does not mean any single Bondurant home sold for less. It means that across the town, the estimated typical value is a little below where it stood a year ago.
Context matters here. A typical value can shift when the mix of homes in a town changes, not only when individual homes gain or lose value. I do not have a source that pins down the reason for this dip, so I will not guess at one. What the data supports is narrower: the direction is slightly down, and the active listing count is high relative to recent sales.
If you own in Bondurant, the useful question is not whether the typical value moved 0.9%. It is how your home compares with the other active listings, and how it is priced against recent sales on your own street. With 177 active listings in the ZIP area, buyers have options, so presentation, condition and a price grounded in recent closed sales matter more than a town average. If you want a number for your own home, my home value page is the place to start, and the sellers guide walks through how I price and prepare a listing.
If you own in Urbandale, the typical value is flat and recent sales are running at a steadier clip in the Zillow snapshot. That is a supportive backdrop, not a guarantee. Each home still sells on its own condition, location and price.
For buyers, a ZIP area with more active listings generally gives you more homes to compare and more room to ask questions. That is useful in Bondurant right now. In Urbandale, with fewer active listings and more recent sales in the snapshot, I would expect to compare fewer homes and move a little faster once you find the right one.
For house hackers and investment minded buyers, the numbers are a starting point, not a verdict. A slightly lower typical value is not automatically a better deal, and a steady one is not automatically a worse one. The right move is to run the specific property through the deal calculator with real rent, taxes and repair costs, then compare it with a second property. My house hacking guide covers how to do that step by step.
What this means for your strategy: pick the town first, then pick the home. In Bondurant, lean on recent comparable sales and on how your property stands out among many active listings. In Urbandale, expect a steadier market and plan around the specific home rather than the town average. In both, the figures above are Zillow's, dated, and worth rechecking before you act, because they will change.
If you are weighing Bondurant, Urbandale or a third town, I am glad to walk through the numbers with you. You can reach out here and I will send a short, plain comparison for the towns and price range you are considering, at no cost and with no pressure. I also keep a guide to every Central Iowa town I serve if you want to browse first.
Sources: Zillow Home Value Index (all homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted), Zillow Research data file through September 30, 2026, accessed November 9, 2026; Zillow market report emails dated October 27, 2026 (ZIP 50035) and October 30, 2026 (ZIP 50322). Zillow's figures are estimates and counts at the time of each report, not MLS closed-sale medians. This is general market information, not legal or financial advice.
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