ZIP 50142 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 50142 in Marshall County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 23/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 50 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (64/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (82/100), structural risk (50/100), institutional ownership (28/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (28/100) and mortgage stress (12/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.0% year on year, and 11% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Vacancy runs 11.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 11.8%. There are about 384 housing units across 50142. Around 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. About 779 people live here, median age 48. At $68,438, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $145,700 (1.8× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 20/100. 89% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 10% of tenant households.

Net-net, 50142 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.