ZIP 50247 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Marshall County, Iowa, ZIP 50247 scores 23 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. The latent-versus-live split is 50/100 structural and 4/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (64/100). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (79/100), structural risk (50/100), institutional ownership (29/100). institutional ownership (29/100) and mortgage stress (12/100) stay muted.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 34% higher over three years (phase confidence 21/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

79% of housing is owner-occupied. Median household income is $90,179, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Population is roughly 2,198 with a median age of 39. Educational attainment sits at 37% bachelor's-or-above. The ZIP holds roughly 938 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 21/100. The typical home is worth about $181,300 (1.9× income, relatively affordable). 7.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Vacancy runs 9.9%. Rent burden reaches 27% of tenant households.

Broadly, 50247 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. Parcel-level detail for 50247 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

No ZIP is too small to score: 50247 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 23/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 50247 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 23/100 for 50247 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For an operator, 50247 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.