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

Mitchell County, IA, Iowa: 12 ZIP codes scored, Mitchell County, IA averaging 22/100 (low, Mitchell, IA), from 17 to 24. Mitchell County, IA is in its peak phase (Mitchell, IA confidence 28/100): Mitchell, IA home prices up 2.5% (Mitchell, IA) over twelve months. Mitchell County, IA lender headwind: 71/100.

Highest-scoring Mitchell County, IA ZIPs: 50426 (24/100), 50454 (24/100), 50455 (24/100), 50461 (24/100), 50476 (24/100), 50458 (23/100). Also scored in Mitchell County, IA: 50460, 50472, 50464, 50466, 50628, 50471.

Across Mitchell County, IA's scored ZIPs: median home value $151,110, household income $71,644, 10.6% vacancy, 7.7% poverty, 80% owner-occupied, median age 40.7.

Mitchell County, IA insurance distress 63/100 (#830 in the US); FEMA hazard 52/100 for Mitchell, IA; 4 federal disaster declarations in Mitchell County, IA since 2023; 4 Mitchell, IA NFIP flood claims, $172K paid; Mitchell, IA construction distress 59/100.

6 banks with 7 branches lend in Mitchell County, IA; Mitchell, IA weighted bank stress 64/100, highest 78/100 in Mitchell, IA.

Mitchell County, IA unemployment 3.1% (Mitchell, IA +0.3 pts, six months); 40 new housing units permitted in Mitchell County, IA over twelve months, Mitchell, IA down 9% from 44; Mitchell, IA home prices +7.2% a year (Mitchell, IA) over three years.

4,950 housing units in Mitchell County, IA; 897 Mitchell, IA renter households; 32% of Mitchell, IA renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 16% (Mitchell, IA) half or more.

Mitchell County, IA ranks #1,909 nationally on the opportunity index (Mitchell, IA, among all ranked counties); Mitchell, IA scores 28.0/100 and Mitchell, IA sits #41 inside Iowa. Mitchell, IA is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Mitchell, IA's primary driver is construction, Mitchell, IA second driver bank institutional; Mitchell, IA moved down 77 places. 8.8% vacancy over 12 Mitchell, IA ZIPs.

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

Mitchell County, IA has 6 watched banks; 6 Mitchell, IA banks sit in an elevated band. Mitchell, IA footprints: St Ansgar State Bank (2 branches, stress 68) in Mitchell, IA; First Security Bank&Trust Co (1 branch, stress 78) in Mitchell, IA; Farmers State Bank (1 branch, stress 70) in Mitchell, IA.

353 of the 4,950 housing units in Mitchell, IA sit vacant. Mitchell County, IA permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Mitchell, IA's one-to-four unit structures added 40 units in Mitchell County, IA.