ZIP 50252 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 50252 (Marion County, Iowa) at a minimal 12/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (52/100), structural risk (27/100), institutional ownership (3/100). institutional ownership (3/100) and mortgage stress (2/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 27 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.5% over the trailing year, at 23/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

A median home runs $278,600 here, or 3.5 times local income. There are about 213 housing units across 50252. 221 residents call 50252 home, typically aged 59. The tenure split is 97% owner-occupied to 3% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 50252 scores 37/100. About 40% have a four-year degree. Roughly 2.7% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Rent burden reaches 100% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 47.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $104,375 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Taken together, 50252 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.