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

Every ZIP in Jones County, Iowa carries a DLRadar distress score assembled from foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender records. Coverage runs to 17 ZIPs across Jones County, a low 15/100 average. ZIP-level distress ranges from 19/100 at the top down to 13/100. On bank and credit headwind, Jones County scores 45/100.

In its neutral phase, Jones County home prices rose 4.9% across the last year (phase confidence 33/100). At this stage of the cycle, the opportunity narrows leaving the wins in individual deals.

Jones County's topped-out +4.9% YoY (33/100 confidence) means opportunity is parcel-specific well beyond the county average. A mid-cycle 45/100 lender reading points to a blend the ZIP scores sort out.

Highest scores land in 52032 (19/100), 52253 (18/100), 52237 (17/100), 52309 (17/100), 52216 (16/100), 52305 (16/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Coverage extends to 52306, 52033, 52205, 52323, 52310, 52320, 52212, 52252, 52312, 52321 among others.

Demographically, the Jones County ZIPs on file come in at vacancy near 10.5%, household income averaging about $73,102, roughly at the national median, typical home values near $169,119, residents with a median age around 42.8, an owner-occupied share of 84%, poverty running near 12.1%. Taken together, they shape which owners come under strain and how quickly stock clears.

Net of it all, 15/100 over 17 ZIPs means the opportunity hides below the average for a disciplined buyer. Inside DLRadar, each Jones County property carries owner, address and APN, its own score, the lender behind it and an exit read.

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

Scores in Jones County, Iowa exist to concentrate effort: a handful of ZIPs hold most of the distress, and the rest seldom justify the acquisition cost. The Jones County figures are auditable line by line — county recorders and courts, FHFA price data, FDIC bank filings — with gaps left visible rather than filled by estimate.

Drilling in, Jones County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 52032 (19/100), 52253 (18/100), 52237 (17/100), 52309 (17/100), 52216 (16/100), 52305 (16/100). DLRadar also scores 52306, 52033, 52205, 52323, 52310, 52320, 52212, 52252 and more 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.

The Jones 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.