ZIP 50242 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 50242's composite property-distress score is 18/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Poweshiek County, Iowa. On the structural side it scores 39/100, with 4/100 of stress already active. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (77/100), structural risk (39/100), institutional ownership (27/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (27/100) and mortgage stress (12/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.5% over the trailing year, at 28/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

At $70,833, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 17.8% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Owners hold 76% of homes, renters 24%. Around 14% of renters are cost-burdened. 394 residents call 50242 home, typically aged 41. Vacancy runs 12.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 16% have a four-year degree. There are about 165 housing units across 50242. On demographic stress specifically, 50242 scores 28/100. Home values center near $225,000, an affordability ratio of 3.3× — accessible.

On the whole, 50242 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Parcel-level detail for 50242 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 50242's 18/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Poweshiek County, Iowa or any ZIP coast to coast. Sparse data for 50242 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

50242's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For a buyer, 50242 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.