ZIP 50225 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Marion County, Iowa, ZIP 50225 scores 7 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (15/100), institutional ownership (7/100), mortgage stress (2/100). institutional ownership (7/100) and mortgage stress (2/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 15/100 against active distress of 1/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.6% over the trailing year, and 17% higher over three years, at 20/100 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. At $69,221, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Vacancy runs 1.8%. Around 23% of renters are cost-burdened. 3,396 residents call 50225 home, typically aged 37. Around 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values center near $168,500, an affordability ratio of 2.5× — accessible. There are about 1,431 housing units across 50225. 8.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 23/100.

Net-net, 50225 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.

Big metro or rural, 50225 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 7/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Marion County, Iowa and the nation. Where the public record is thin for 50225, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 7/100 figure for 50225 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. The point of the 50225 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.