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

Hamilton County, IA, Iowa: 15 ZIP codes scored, Hamilton County, IA averaging 21/100 (low, Hamilton, IA), from 10 to 23. Hamilton County, IA is in its peak phase (Hamilton, IA confidence 28/100): Hamilton, IA home prices up 2.5% (Hamilton, IA) over twelve months. Hamilton County, IA lender headwind: 48/100.

Highest-scoring Hamilton County, IA ZIPs: 50075 (23/100), 50130 (23/100), 50132 (23/100), 50231 (23/100), 50246 (23/100), 50248 (23/100). Also scored in Hamilton County, IA: 50271, 50595, 50034, 50230, 50249, 50599, 50006, 50036, 50532.

Across Hamilton County, IA's scored ZIPs: median home value $152,567, household income $74,029, 12.4% vacancy, 7.5% poverty, 79% owner-occupied, median age 43.8.

Hamilton County, IA insurance distress 21/100 (#2,111 in the US); FEMA hazard 40/100 for Hamilton, IA; 2 federal disaster declarations in Hamilton County, IA since 2023; Hamilton, IA construction distress 80/100.

5 banks with 8 branches lend in Hamilton County, IA; Hamilton, IA weighted bank stress 62/100, highest 96/100 in Hamilton, IA.

Hamilton County, IA unemployment 2.9% (Hamilton, IA +0.1 pts, six months); 11 new housing units permitted in Hamilton County, IA over twelve months, Hamilton, IA down 39% from 18; Hamilton, IA home prices +5.1% a year (Hamilton, IA) over three years.

7,040 housing units in Hamilton County, IA; 1,658 Hamilton, IA renter households; 29% of Hamilton, IA renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 17% (Hamilton, IA) half or more.

Hamilton County, IA ranks #289 nationally on the opportunity index (Hamilton, IA, among all ranked counties); Hamilton, IA scores 34.8/100 and Hamilton, IA sits #3 inside Iowa. Hamilton, IA is in the peak_opportunity opportunity phase; Hamilton, IA's primary driver is construction, Hamilton, IA second driver bank institutional; Hamilton, IA moved down 96 places. 4 short-sale listings across Hamilton, IA; 43 days on market observed in Hamilton, IA; 10.7% vacancy over 15 Hamilton, IA ZIPs.

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

Hamilton County, IA has 5 watched banks; 5 Hamilton, IA banks sit in an elevated band. Hamilton, IA footprints: First State Bank (3 branches, stress 57) in Hamilton, IA; Availa Bank (2 branches, stress 75) in Hamilton, IA; Wcf Financial Bank (1 branch, stress 96) in Hamilton, IA.

HUD lists 1 assisted multifamily property in Hamilton County, IA with 5 units; 5 Hamilton, IA units are assisted.

606 of the 7,040 housing units in Hamilton, IA sit vacant. Hamilton County, IA permitted 5 multifamily units in twelve months; Hamilton, IA's one-to-four unit structures added 6 units in Hamilton County, IA.