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

Mitchell County, Iowa sits inside DLRadar's nationwide distress index, built entirely from public records. 12 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 22/100 distress. The county's ZIP scores run from 16 up to 25/100. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 71/100 (elevated).

The county market is in a peak phase: home prices rose 2.5% over the past year, a 28/100-confidence read. On a market plateau, the opportunity narrows leaving the wins in individual deals.

At +2.5% YoY and 28/100 confidence, the discount lives in outliers and a county-wide sweep stays on the shelf. An elevated 71/100 reading is a buyer tailwind: short sales and foreclosures accelerate.

Top distress by ZIP runs 50426 (25/100), 50454 (25/100), 50455 (25/100), 50461 (25/100), 50476 (25/100), 50458 (24/100), listed with every scored ZIP below. Coverage extends to 50460, 50472, 50464, 50466, 50471, 50628 among others.

On the housing-and-income side, Mitchell County's scored ZIPs show typical home values near $151,110, vacancy near 10.6%, an owner-occupied share of 80%, household income averaging about $71,644, roughly at the national median, residents with a median age around 40.7, 7.7% of households below the poverty line. These fundamentals frame which owners come under strain and how quickly stock clears.

Net of it all, 22/100 over 12 ZIPs means the edge is selective acquisition for a disciplined buyer. A DLRadar subscription opens every Mitchell County parcel: owner and contact detail, APN, per-parcel scoring with lender exposure and resale velocity.

The distress read for Mitchell County, Iowa is refreshed as new public records post and uses the same methodology coast to coast, so Mitchell County stays directly comparable to any other market you track.

For anyone buying in Mitchell County, the scores answer one question first — which ZIPs deserve the marketing budget, with the top reading 25/100. All Mitchell County inputs are public record — recorder, court, FHFA and FDIC — and the score is rebuilt on ingest rather than modelled forward.

The ZIP breakdown for Mitchell County leads with 50426 (25/100), 50454 (25/100), 50455 (25/100), 50461 (25/100), 50476 (25/100), 50458 (24/100). DLRadar also scores 50460, 50472, 50464, 50466, 50471, 50628 across the county. Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.

The Mitchell 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.