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

Washington County, IA, Iowa: 13 ZIP codes scored, Washington County, IA averaging 9/100 (minimal, Washington, IA), from 6 to 13. Washington County, IA is in its peak phase (Washington, IA confidence 29/100): Washington, IA home prices up 2.3% (Washington, IA) over twelve months. Washington County, IA lender headwind: 46/100.

Highest-scoring Washington County, IA ZIPs: 52247 (13/100), 52585 (12/100), 52641 (11/100), 52327 (10/100), 52540 (10/100), 52654 (10/100). Also scored in Washington County, IA: 52356, 52201, 52248, 52353, 52359, 52621, 52738.

Across Washington County, IA's scored ZIPs: median home value $178,908, household income $71,097, 7.9% vacancy, 10.2% poverty, 79% owner-occupied, median age 40.1.

Washington County, IA insurance distress 0/100 (#2,706 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Washington, IA; Washington, IA construction distress 10/100.

6 banks with 12 branches lend in Washington County, IA; Washington, IA weighted bank stress 55/100, highest 69/100 in Washington, IA.

Washington County, IA unemployment 2.5% (Washington, IA -0.6 pts, six months); 35 new housing units permitted in Washington County, IA over twelve months, Washington, IA up 59% from 22; Washington, IA home prices +7.7% a year (Washington, IA) over three years.

9,657 housing units in Washington County, IA; 2,518 Washington, IA renter households; 29% of Washington, IA renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 10% (Washington, IA) half or more.

Washington County, IA ranks #3,112 nationally on the opportunity index (Washington, IA, among all ranked counties); Washington, IA scores 22.0/100 and Washington, IA sits #94 inside Iowa. Washington, IA is in the weak opportunity phase; Washington, IA's primary driver is bank institutional, Washington, IA second driver vacancy; Washington, IA moved up 18 places. 2 short-sale listings across Washington, IA; 30 days on market observed in Washington, IA; 6.3% vacancy over 13 Washington, IA ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Washington County, IA. The metro area reading for Washington, IA (Iowa City, IA): 0.6% ninety-plus days late; Washington, IA's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 0.8% (Washington, IA, December 2025 data); Iowa overall 0.9%.

Washington County, IA has 6 watched banks; 6 Washington, IA banks sit in an elevated band. Washington, IA footprints: Federation Bank (3 branches, stress 57) in Washington, IA; Hills Bank&Trust Co (3 branches, stress 38) in Washington, IA; Washington State Bank (2 branches, stress 69) in Washington, IA.

HUD lists 1 assisted multifamily property in Washington County, IA with 48 units; 48 Washington, IA units are assisted, 1 Washington, IA properties under project-based Section 8.

685 of the 9,657 housing units in Washington, IA sit vacant. Washington County, IA permitted 15 multifamily units in twelve months; Washington, IA's one-to-four unit structures added 20 units in Washington County, IA.