ZIP 50073 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 50073 (Polk County, Iowa) lands at 25/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (55/100), institutional ownership (46/100), mortgage stress (17/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (17/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 55/100, with 5/100 of stress already active. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year, and 4% higher over three years (phase confidence 22/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Around 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. About 1,018 people live here, median age 50. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 21/100. The typical home is worth about $274,700 (2.9× income, relatively affordable). At $94,712, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. 90% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 9.0%. The vacancy rate is 15.5% — elevated. Around 9% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 614 housing units.

Net-net, 50073 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.