ZIP 50266 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 50266 (Dallas County, Iowa) at a low 29/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (66/100), construction/permit lag (57/100), institutional ownership (48/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (18/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), climate & FEMA risk (76/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 66/100 structural and 5/100 already moving.

The peak-phase market in 50266 posted values that rose 2.5% over the year, and 13% higher over three years (phase confidence 22/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Educational attainment sits at 60% bachelor's-or-above. 7.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $345,600, an affordability ratio of 3.8× — accessible. Around 28% of renters are cost-burdened. Median household income is $85,282, near the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100. Population is roughly 36,770 with a median age of 35. Owners hold 50% of homes, renters 50%. The vacancy rate is 5.9%. The ZIP holds roughly 18,568 housing units.

On balance 50266 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.