ZIP 50317 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Polk County, Iowa's ZIP 50317 registers 25/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural risk reads 55/100 against active distress of 5/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (55/100), institutional ownership (46/100), mortgage stress (17/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (17/100).

The peak-phase market in 50317 posted values that rose 2.5% over the year, and 18% higher over three years, at 22/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Vacancy runs 5.9%. Median household income is $61,569, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Population is roughly 36,721 with a median age of 35. Owners hold 71% of homes, renters 29%. There are about 15,077 housing units across 50317. Rent burden reaches 36% of tenant households. Home values center near $177,600, an affordability ratio of 2.7× — accessible. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 29/100. 14.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 15% bachelor's-or-above.

On balance 50317 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.