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

Howard County, Iowa is scored end-to-end by DLRadar for property distress, drawn only from deterministic public records. Across its ZIPs, composite distress spans 8 to 18 out of 100. There are 9 scored ZIPs in the county (mean composite 15/100). Bank/credit headwind for the county is 34 on a 0–100 scale, a contained reading.

In its peak phase, Howard County home prices rose 2.5% across the last year, a 28/100-confidence read. With values leveling off, the average masks the outliers as the ZIP scores below show.

Near the cycle top at +2.5% YoY (28/100 confidence), the wins are surgical well beyond the county average. A contained 34/100 bank headwind favors owner-driven distress more than bank stock.

Highest scores land in 50466 (18/100), 52134 (17/100), 52155 (17/100), 52163 (17/100), 50628 (16/100), 52132 (16/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Also scored across the county: 52136, 50603, 52154.

By the numbers, the Howard County ZIPs on file come in at vacancy near 12.3%, a median age of 39.4, a median household income near $68,789 (near the US norm), median home values around $163,844 (below the national figure), a 7% poverty rate, 81% of homes owner-occupied. Numbers like these shape who sells under pressure and how fast a deal moves.

At 15/100 composite over 9 ZIPs, Howard County is a screen-by-ZIP market rather than a blanket buy. Unlock Howard County to see every parcel's owner, APN and address, scoring, lienholder detail and an estimated exit speed.

Because Howard County, Iowa is scored on the identical public-record model used nationwide, even a quiet county is measured on one scale — letting you weigh Howard County against neighboring markets or the rest of Iowa on equal footing.

Used properly, Howard County, Iowa's scores are a triage layer: they rank where motivated sellers cluster so acquisition spend goes to the ZIPs that convert rather than across Howard County as a whole. Every Howard County signal ties to a named public source, and where the record is sparse DLRadar shows nothing instead of guessing.

Drilling in, Howard County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 50466 (18/100), 52134 (17/100), 52155 (17/100), 52163 (17/100), 50628 (16/100), 52132 (16/100). DLRadar also scores 52136, 50603, 52154 across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

Under Howard County's headline composite sit distinct layers — recorded foreclosures, tax and lien delinquency, mortgage stress and bank headwind — each scored separately before they roll up, so the same total can describe very different markets.