ZIP 50226 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Polk County, Iowa · Distress market
ZIP code 50226 in Polk County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 33/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100)). Structurally it carries 75/100, against 5/100 of stress already in motion. Leading the profile are structural risk (75/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (56/100). mortgage stress (17/100) stay muted.
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.1% over the trailing year, and 14% higher over three years, at 15/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
The ZIP holds roughly 2,788 housing units. Rent burden reaches 36% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 21/100. Around 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The typical home is worth about $417,500 (2.4× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 1.1%. 7,290 residents call 50226 home, typically aged 39. Median household income is $161,627, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 92% of homes, renters 8%.
Net-net, 50226 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. There is no property file for 50226 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.
Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 50226's 33/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Polk County, Iowa or any ZIP coast to coast. Sparse data for 50226 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
50226's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. Treat 50226 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.
Distress signal breakdown — ZIP 50226
Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties are listed in full, with owner, address, APN, per-parcel score and exit-velocity read.
Snapshot: 50226 by the numbers
Current distress, phase, housing and lender-pressure figures for 50226, drawn from the same report attached to each property.
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