ZIP 50142 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 50142 (Marshall County, Iowa) at a low 23/100 for overall property distress. The split runs 50/100 structural to 3/100 active on the ground. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (64/100)). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (86/100), structural risk (50/100), institutional ownership (25/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (25/100) and mortgage stress (12/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.7% year on year, and 11% higher over three years (phase confidence 21/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The vacancy rate is 11.7% — elevated. 11.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. There are about 384 housing units across 50142. About 16% have a four-year degree. About 779 people live here, median age 48. Households earn a median $68,438 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Home values center near $145,700, an affordability ratio of 1.8× — accessible. On demographic stress specifically, 50142 scores 20/100. The tenure split is 89% owner-occupied to 11% rented. 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. While 50142 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The 50142 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 23/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 50142 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Marshall County, Iowa. 50142 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

50142's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. In workflow terms, 50142 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.