ZIP 50006 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 50006's composite property-distress score is 18/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Hardin County, Iowa. The split runs 40/100 structural to 3/100 active on the ground. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (52/100), structural risk (40/100), institutional ownership (18/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (10/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year, and 7% lower over three years (phase confidence 28/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Rent burden reaches 16% of tenant households. Roughly 11.9% live below the poverty line. Median household income is $62,188, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 16% bachelor's-or-above. The typical home is worth about $121,200 (1.9× income, relatively affordable). On demographic stress specifically, 50006 scores 24/100. 69% of housing is owner-occupied. Population is roughly 1,503 with a median age of 42. Vacancy runs 14.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 730 housing units across 50006.

Net-net, 50006 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. There is no property file for 50006 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

Big metro or rural, 50006 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 18/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Hardin County, Iowa and the nation. 50006 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

Behind 50006's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Practically, 50006 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.