ZIP 50072 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 50072 (Madison County, Iowa) at a low 19/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (96/100), structural risk (45/100), institutional ownership (14/100). institutional ownership (14/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 45 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.5% over the trailing year, and 6% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

2,787 residents call 50072 home, typically aged 45. Vacancy runs 5.5%. Roughly 2.9% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. There are about 1,213 housing units across 50072. The tenure split is 87% owner-occupied to 13% rented. Rent burden reaches 15% of tenant households. A median home runs $303,900 here, or 2.7 times local income. Households earn a median $111,518 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 35% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 50072 scores 20/100.

On balance, 50072 reads as a higher-equity, stable market where distress is selective and worth pinpointing parcel by parcel. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.