ZIP 50042 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 50042's composite property-distress score is 9/100 - DLRadar classes that as minimal for Audubon County, Iowa. On the structural side it scores 18/100, with 3/100 of stress already active. Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (27/100), structural risk (18/100), mortgage stress (11/100). mortgage stress (11/100) and construction/permit lag (3/100) stay muted.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year, at 28/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

A median home runs $160,900 here, or 2.3 times local income. The poverty rate is 20.2% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Rent burden reaches 76% of tenant households. About 16% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 50042 scores 36/100. The tenure split is 78% owner-occupied to 22% rented. Vacancy runs 21.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Population is roughly 228 with a median age of 55. Median household income is $50,500, below the U.S. median near $78,000. There are about 133 housing units across 50042.

On the whole, 50042 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.

Big metro or rural, 50042 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 9/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Audubon County, Iowa and the nation. Where the record is thin for 50042, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

50042's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. Treat 50042 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.