ZIP 50009 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 50009 in Polk County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 33/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (75/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (56/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (17/100) register low. Structural risk reads 75/100 against active distress of 5/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.1% over the trailing year, and 11% higher over three years, at 15/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

There are about 9,394 housing units across 50009. Median household income is $90,393, above the U.S. median near $78,000. The typical home is worth about $278,300 (2.9× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 4.2%. The tenure split is 70% owner-occupied to 30% rented. Rent burden reaches 31% of tenant households. The poverty rate is 7.1% — low. On demographic stress specifically, 50009 scores 26/100. 21,992 residents call 50009 home, typically aged 37. Educational attainment sits at 33% bachelor's-or-above.

On balance 50009 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. 50009 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The number is not local guesswork: 50009's 33/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. 50009 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

50009's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For an operator, 50009 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.