ZIP 50140 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 50140 (Decatur County, Iowa) lands at 4/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (8/100), mortgage stress (5/100), institutional ownership (4/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (4/100). Structural risk reads 8/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The expansion-phase market in 50140 posted values that rose 5.4% over the year, and 22% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Vacancy runs 15.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100. Home values center near $121,900, an affordability ratio of 2.2× — accessible. Educational attainment sits at 48% bachelor's-or-above. Population is roughly 2,817 with a median age of 31. Rent burden reaches 22% of tenant households. Owners hold 60% of homes, renters 40%. There are about 1,112 housing units across 50140. 21.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $54,000, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

On the whole, 50140 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.