ZIP 50162 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 50162 (Marshall County, Iowa) at a low 23/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 51 and live distress 4 on the 0–100 scale. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (86/100), structural risk (51/100), institutional ownership (28/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (28/100) and mortgage stress (12/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (63/100)).

The peak-phase market in 50162 posted values that rose 2.7% over the year, and 40% higher over three years, at 21/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

65% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 1.1%. 1,190 residents call 50162 home, typically aged 34. On demographic stress specifically, 50162 scores 23/100. The ZIP holds roughly 531 housing units. Rent burden reaches 15% of tenant households. Median household income is $67,201, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 2.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $176,600, an affordability ratio of 2.7× — accessible. Around 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Net-net, 50162 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. While 50162 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 50162's 23/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Marshall County, Iowa or any ZIP coast to coast. Where the public record is thin for 50162, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Each component behind 50162 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 23/100 roll-up. For a buyer, 50162 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.