ZIP 50222 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Madison County, Iowa, ZIP 50222 scores 15 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. The latent-versus-live split is 34/100 structural and 1/100 already moving. The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (91/100), structural risk (34/100), institutional ownership (3/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (3/100) and mortgage stress (2/100) register low.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.1% over the trailing year (phase confidence 16/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Median household income is $105,045, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $269,200, an affordability ratio of 2.2× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100. The vacancy rate is 21.9% — elevated. About 28% have a four-year degree. Roughly 10.2% live below the poverty line. There are about 210 housing units across 50222. Owners hold 94% of homes, renters 6%. 314 residents call 50222 home, typically aged 63.

Taken together, 50222 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 50222 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

No ZIP is too small to score: 50222 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 15/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 50222, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

50222's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 50222 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.