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

Across Story County, Iowa, DLRadar grades every ZIP for foreclosure, mortgage, tax and bank-stress distress. 23 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 26/100 distress. The county's ZIP scores run from 18 up to 33/100. Bank/credit headwind for the county is 65 on a 0–100 scale, a elevated reading.

In its neutral phase, Story County home prices rose 4.6% across the last year (phase confidence 42/100). On a market plateau, distress turns selective so screen ZIP by ZIP.

With Story County flat at +4.6% YoY (42/100 confidence), selectivity rules — target the few ZIPs carrying distress. Bank stress at 65/100 signals what's coming: banks under pressure move REO faster.

The most-distressed ZIP codes in Story County are 50226 (33/100), 50161 (31/100), 50244 (31/100), 50046 (30/100), 50124 (30/100), 50010 (26/100), each with its own full DLRadar report. Also scored across the county: 50012, 50013, 50056, 50105, 50201, 50236, 50243, 50278, 50055, 50134.

Profile-wise, Story County's tracked footprint show typical home values near $239,029, 80% owner-occupancy, vacancy near 6.7%, residents with a median age around 38, household income averaging about $78,668, roughly at the national median, a 8.2% poverty rate. Numbers like these shape who sells under pressure and how fast a deal moves.

At 26/100 composite over 23 ZIPs, the edge is selective acquisition rather than a blanket buy. A DLRadar subscription opens every Story County parcel: owner and contact detail, APN, its own score, the lender behind it and an exit read.

No county is too small to score: Story County, Iowa runs through the same foreclosure, tax, lien and bank-stress model as every major metro, so Story County's numbers mean exactly what they mean anywhere else in Iowa.

In Story County, Iowa, the scores are a targeting tool first: they tell you which ZIPs hold the distress and which owners are most likely under real financial pressure, so limited acquisition effort lands where it converts. Provenance for Story County is explicit: recorders and courts for filings, FHFA for prices, FDIC for lenders. No interpolation, no synthetic values.

Drilling in, Story County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 50226 (33/100), 50161 (31/100), 50244 (31/100), 50046 (30/100), 50124 (30/100), 50010 (26/100). DLRadar also scores 50012, 50013, 50056, 50105, 50201, 50236, 50243, 50278 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 Story 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.