ZIP 50151 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 50151 in Lucas County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 6/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (12/100), construction/permit lag (9/100), institutional ownership (4/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (4/100) and mortgage stress (3/100) register low. Structural risk reads 12/100 against active distress of 1/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.1% year on year, at 26/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The typical home is worth about $149,400 (1.6× income, relatively affordable). At $87,548, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. About 695 people live here, median age 41. Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 93% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 315 housing units across 50151. Vacancy runs 14.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 7.9%. Rent burden reaches 5% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 18/100.

Net-net, 50151 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.