ZIP 50048 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 50048 in Guthrie County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 9/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. On the structural side it scores 18/100, with 2/100 of stress already active. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (18/100), institutional ownership (14/100), mortgage stress (8/100). institutional ownership (14/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.8% over the trailing year (phase confidence 24/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

About 20% have a four-year degree. 754 residents call 50048 home, typically aged 41. Around 43% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $101,600 here, or 2.0 times local income. Households earn a median $55,536 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 80% owner-occupied to 20% rented. The ZIP holds roughly 280 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 50048 scores 27/100. Roughly 16.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The vacancy rate is 5.9%.

Overall, 50048 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.