ZIP 50020 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 50020 (Cass County, Iowa) lands at 14/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structurally it carries 30/100, against 1/100 of stress already in motion. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (45/100), structural risk (30/100), institutional ownership (8/100). institutional ownership (8/100) and mortgage stress (5/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.5% over the trailing year, and 23% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

At $67,125, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 8.7%. 14.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 16% have a four-year degree. Around 69% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 88% owner-occupied to 12% rented. The ZIP holds roughly 549 housing units. About 1,277 people live here, median age 51. On demographic stress specifically, 50020 scores 29/100. Home values center near $154,600, an affordability ratio of 1.8× — accessible.

Net-net, 50020 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. 50020 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: 50020's 14/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 50020 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 14/100 figure for 50020 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. In workflow terms, 50020 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.