ZIP 50154 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 50154 (Story County, Iowa) lands at 24/100 — low on DLRadar's distress scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (71/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100)). Structurally it carries 53/100, against 5/100 of stress already in motion. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (53/100), institutional ownership (43/100), construction/permit lag (28/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (28/100) and mortgage stress (15/100) register low.

The neutral-phase market in 50154 posted values that rose 4.3% over the year (phase confidence 35/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Around 2% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 532 with a median age of 36. The poverty rate is 5.6% — low. Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 7.8%. The tenure split is 80% owner-occupied to 20% rented. Households earn a median $73,807 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. The typical home is worth about $187,500 (2.4× income, relatively affordable). On demographic stress specifically, 50154 scores 21/100. The ZIP holds roughly 207 housing units.

Net-net, 50154 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.

The number is not local guesswork: 50154's 24/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. 50154 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 24/100 figure for 50154 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. Practically, 50154 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.