ZIP 50143 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Mahaska County, Iowa, ZIP 50143 scores 8 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 18 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (29/100), structural risk (18/100), mortgage stress (3/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low.

The peak-phase market in 50143 posted values that rose 2.7% over the year, and 10% higher over three years, at 21/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 19/100. Households earn a median $84,630 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Educational attainment sits at 31% bachelor's-or-above. Vacancy runs 0.0%. The tenure split is 93% owner-occupied to 7% rented. 0.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. There are about 206 housing units across 50143. A median home runs $314,600 here, or 3.5 times local income. Population is roughly 621 with a median age of 41.

Broadly, 50143 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

No ZIP is too small to score: 50143 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 8/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 50143 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

The 8/100 figure for 50143 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Treat 50143 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.