ZIP 50014 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 50014 (Story County, Iowa) lands at 15/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (32/100), institutional ownership (25/100), mortgage stress (10/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (10/100) and construction/permit lag (2/100). Structural exposure scores 32 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 50014 posted values that rose 1.3% over the year, and 16% higher over three years, at 49/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

There are about 15,026 housing units across 50014. Vacancy runs 10.9%. Home values center near $336,800, an affordability ratio of 5.5×. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 40/100. 29.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 47% of tenant households. Owners hold 37% of homes, renters 63%. Median household income is $57,372, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Population is roughly 31,429 with a median age of 23. Educational attainment sits at 69% bachelor's-or-above.

On the whole, 50014 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.