ZIP 50154 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 50154 (Story County, Iowa) lands at 24/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (71/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100). On the structural side it scores 53/100, with 5/100 of stress already active. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (53/100), institutional ownership (39/100), construction/permit lag (37/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (37/100) and mortgage stress (15/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.0% year on year (phase confidence 46/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Around 2% of renters are cost-burdened. About 532 people live here, median age 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%. 80% of housing is owner-occupied. At $73,807, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $187,500 (2.4× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 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.