Buena Vista County, IA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Every ZIP in Buena Vista County, Iowa carries a DLRadar distress score assembled from foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender records. Across its ZIPs, composite distress spans 7 to 25 out of 100. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 52/100 (moderate). The county spans 14 scored ZIP codes, averaging 21/100 composite distress.

Currently peak, Buena Vista County saw prices rise 2.7% year over year, a 21/100-confidence read. At this stage of the cycle, blanket buying underperforms — the edge is parcel by parcel.

At +2.7% YoY and 21/100 confidence, selectivity rules so the headline market won't hand it over. Mid-range bank stress at 52/100 implies mixed owner- and bank-driven distress.

The sharpest Buena Vista County readings come from 50585 (25/100), 51033 (24/100), 50565 (23/100), 51002 (23/100), 50510 (22/100), 50568 (22/100) — open any for the parcel detail. Other tracked Buena Vista County ZIPs include 50576, 50588, 50592, 51047, 50554, 51366, 51005, 51020.

Demographically, Buena Vista County's scored ZIPs come in at an owner-occupied share of 78%, residents with a median age around 41.3, vacancy near 12.3%, poverty running near 7.9%, median home values around $122,871 (below the national figure), household income averaging about $68,356, below the national median. Taken together, they frame the depth of motivated supply and the pace of resale.

Net of it all, 21/100 over 14 ZIPs means distress here is parcel-specific for a disciplined buyer. Unlock Buena Vista County to see every parcel's owner, address and APN, a per-parcel score, lender exposure and exit read.

The distress read for Buena Vista County, Iowa is refreshed as new public records post and uses the same methodology coast to coast, so Buena Vista County stays directly comparable to any other market you track.

Read Buena Vista County, Iowa as a heat map for effort — the county's low composite of 21/100 hides wide ZIP-level variation, and the return comes from chasing the hot ZIPs, not the average. Nothing in the Buena Vista County read is modelled: recorder and court filings drive foreclosure and lien signals, FHFA sets the price cycle, FDIC the lender stress, and a thin source stays blank.

The ZIP breakdown for Buena Vista County leads with 50585 (25/100), 51033 (24/100), 50565 (23/100), 51002 (23/100), 50510 (22/100), 50568 (22/100). DLRadar also scores 50576, 50588, 50592, 51047, 50554, 51366, 51005, 51020 across the county. Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.

The Buena Vista County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.