ZIP 50049 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Lucas County, Iowa, ZIP 50049 scores 5 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are structural risk (9/100), institutional ownership (4/100), mortgage stress (3/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (4/100) and mortgage stress (3/100) register low. Structural risk reads 9/100 against active distress of 1/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year, and 12% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 6,425 people live here, median age 41. Rent burden reaches 31% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $124,900 (1.9× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 6.4%. Around 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 2,827 housing units across 50049. 77% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 17.5% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 26/100. At $66,750, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Net-net, 50049 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

5/100
Composite stress
9/100
Structural risk
1/100
Distress activity

Distress signal breakdown — ZIP 50049

Foreclosure activity0
Mortgage stress3
Climate / FEMA risk28
+9 more distress dimensions scored for this ZIP

Tax delinquency, institutional ownership, insurance pressure, NFIP/flood, construction lag, price dislocation and auction velocity — plus the 0 individual distressed properties (owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read) are in the full DLRadar report.

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