ZIP 50169 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Polk County, Iowa's ZIP 50169 registers 23/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (50/100), institutional ownership (47/100), mortgage stress (18/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (18/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 50/100, with 5/100 of stress already active. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100), climate & FEMA risk (73/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 22/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The poverty rate is 5.0% — low. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 22/100. At $81,625, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 18% of renters are cost-burdened. 86% of housing is owner-occupied. The ZIP holds roughly 1,207 housing units. Around 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 6.2%. The typical home is worth about $227,000 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). About 3,532 people live here, median age 38.

Overall 50169 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.