ZIP 50066 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 50066's composite property-distress score is 25/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Dallas County, Iowa. Its standout signals are structural risk (56/100), institutional ownership (43/100), construction/permit lag (38/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (38/100) and mortgage stress (18/100). Latent structural risk is 56/100 while live distress already moving reads 5/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100), climate & FEMA risk (70/100)).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.1% over the trailing year (phase confidence 15/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

At $67,000, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Vacancy runs 23.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 123 housing units across 50066. About 29% have a four-year degree. 6.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 208 people live here, median age 44. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100. The typical home is worth about $167,900 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). Rent burden reaches 13% of tenant households. Owners hold 86% of homes, renters 14%.

Taken together, 50066 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 50066 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The 50066 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 25/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 50066 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Dallas County, Iowa. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 50066 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

The 25/100 for 50066 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For a buyer, 50066 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.