Decatur County, IA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Decatur County, IA, Iowa: 11 ZIP codes scored, Decatur County, IA averaging 7/100 (minimal, Decatur, IA), from 4 to 12. Decatur County, IA is in its peak phase (Decatur, IA confidence 28/100): Decatur, IA home prices up 2.5% (Decatur, IA) over twelve months. Decatur County, IA lender headwind: 30/100.

Highest-scoring Decatur County, IA ZIPs: 50133 (12/100), 50147 (11/100), 50123 (10/100), 50264 (9/100), 50108 (8/100), 50140 (6/100). Also scored in Decatur County, IA: 50065, 50067, 50103, 50144, 50262.

Across Decatur County, IA's scored ZIPs: median home value $102,573, household income $57,632, 16.2% vacancy, 17.3% poverty, 78% owner-occupied, median age 41.3.

Decatur County, IA insurance distress 0/100 (#2,683 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Decatur, IA; Decatur, IA construction distress 16/100.

5 banks with 5 branches lend in Decatur County, IA; Decatur, IA weighted bank stress 62/100, highest 76/100 in Decatur, IA.

Decatur County, IA unemployment 3.0% (Decatur, IA -0.3 pts, six months); 2 new housing units permitted in Decatur County, IA over twelve months, Decatur, IA up 100% from 1; Decatur, IA home prices +10.8% a year (Decatur, IA) over three years.

3,659 housing units in Decatur County, IA; 976 Decatur, IA renter households; 29% of Decatur, IA renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 11% (Decatur, IA) half or more.

Decatur County, IA ranks #1,912 nationally on the opportunity index (Decatur, IA, among all ranked counties); Decatur, IA scores 28.0/100 and Decatur, IA sits #41 inside Iowa. Decatur, IA is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Decatur, IA's primary driver is vacancy, Decatur, IA second driver bank institutional; Decatur, IA moved up 513 places. 5 short-sale listings across Decatur, IA; 73 days on market observed in Decatur, IA; 16.4% vacancy over 11 Decatur, IA ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Decatur County, IA. The non-metro area reading for Decatur, IA: 0.7% ninety-plus days late; Decatur, IA's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 2.1% (Decatur, IA, December 2025 data); Iowa overall 0.9%.

Decatur County, IA has 1 watched bank; 1 Decatur, IA bank sits in an elevated band. Decatur, IA footprints: American State Bank (1 branch, stress 47) in Decatur, IA.

HUD lists 2 assisted multifamily properties in Decatur County, IA with 30 units; 10 Decatur, IA units are assisted.

604 of the 3,659 housing units in Decatur, IA sit vacant. Decatur County, IA permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Decatur, IA's one-to-four unit structures added 2 units in Decatur County, IA.