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

Sac County, Iowa is mapped parcel-to-ZIP by DLRadar's public-record distress engine. Coverage runs to 16 ZIPs across Sac County, a minimal 13/100 average. The county's ZIP scores run from 4 up to 22/100. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 32/100 (contained).

The peak-phase county posted home values that rose 2.5% over twelve months, at 28/100 phase confidence. This late in the run, blanket buying underperforms with opportunity concentrated by ZIP.

Near the cycle top at +2.5% YoY (28/100 confidence), selectivity rules well beyond the county average. A steady 32/100 bank reading points the search to owner-driven distress more than bank stock.

Leading Sac County on distress: 50568 (22/100), 50588 (22/100), 50540 (18/100), 50561 (16/100), 51436 (16/100), 51433 (15/100). Other tracked Sac County ZIPs include 51448, 50583, 50535, 50567, 51053, 51450, 51458, 51466, 51020, 51431.

Demographically, the Sac County ZIPs on file show 76% of homes owner-occupied, incomes around $68,278, a 12.1% vacancy rate, a median age of 41.6, median home values around $140,588 (below the national figure), poverty running near 9%. Read together, they set up the depth of motivated supply and the pace of resale.

With a minimal 13/100 reading over 16 ZIPs, the edge is selective acquisition for a disciplined buyer. Unlock Sac County to see every parcel's owner, address and APN, per-parcel scoring with lender exposure and resale velocity.

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

For an acquisition buyer, the practical use of Sac County, Iowa's scores is triage: the ZIPs and parcels carrying the highest composite are where motivated sellers and below-market exits concentrate, while lower-scored areas rarely justify the marketing spend. Every figure traces to a public federal or county source — recorder and court records for foreclosure and liens, FHFA for the price cycle, FDIC for lender stress — and DLRadar leaves a signal blank rather than estimating where Sac County data is thin.

The ZIP breakdown for Sac County leads with 50568 (22/100), 50588 (22/100), 50540 (18/100), 50561 (16/100), 51436 (16/100), 51433 (15/100). DLRadar also scores 51448, 50583, 50535, 50567, 51053, 51450, 51458, 51466 and more 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 Sac 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.