ZIP 50216 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 50216 (Guthrie County, Iowa) at a minimal 6/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (12/100), mortgage stress (5/100), institutional ownership (3/100). mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 12 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.5% over the trailing year, and 51% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The tenure split is 83% owner-occupied to 17% rented. Roughly 8.4% live below the poverty line. 2,809 residents call 50216 home, typically aged 48. Households earn a median $91,250 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 1,822 housing units across 50216. Vacancy runs 36.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 28% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 50216 scores 30/100. A median home runs $228,600 here, or 2.2 times local income. Rent burden reaches 55% of tenant households.

Taken together, 50216 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.