ZIP 50138 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 50138 in Marion County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 14/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. The latent-versus-live split is 32/100 structural and 1/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (77/100), structural risk (32/100), mortgage stress (3/100). mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.0% over the trailing year, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 23/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The vacancy rate is 8.1%. Roughly 8.7% live below the poverty line. Households earn a median $76,887 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 28% have a four-year degree. Around 26% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 80% owner-occupied to 20% rented. The ZIP holds roughly 5,133 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 50138 scores 23/100. A median home runs $196,700 here, or 2.2 times local income. 11,374 residents call 50138 home, typically aged 43.

Overall, 50138 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.