ZIP 50261 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 50261 (Madison County, Iowa) at a low 19/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (97/100), structural risk (43/100), institutional ownership (12/100). institutional ownership (12/100) and mortgage stress (5/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 43/100 against active distress of 2/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.5% over the trailing year, and 8% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Vacancy runs 2.5%. Households earn a median $150,341 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $374,100 here, or 2.1 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 50261 scores 17/100. The tenure split is 85% owner-occupied to 15% rented. There are about 1,140 housing units across 50261. 3,105 residents call 50261 home, typically aged 40. Roughly 1.5% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. About 41% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 11% of tenant households.

On balance, 50261 reads as a higher-equity, stable market where distress is selective and worth pinpointing parcel by parcel. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.