ZIP 50324 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Polk County, Iowa's ZIP 50324 registers 34/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100), FEMA disaster exposure (60/100)). Its standout signals are structural risk (75/100), construction/permit lag (67/100), institutional ownership (53/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (17/100). Structural risk reads 75/100 against active distress of 5/100.

The peak-phase market in 50324 posted values that rose 2.1% over the year, and 18% higher over three years, at 15/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 5,171 people live here, median age 42. Owners hold 78% of homes, renters 22%. Around 32% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 24/100. The typical home is worth about $267,900 (2.8× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 11.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $89,083, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The ZIP holds roughly 2,411 housing units. Roughly 6.9% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. About 44% have a four-year degree.

On balance 50324 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. There is no property file for 50324 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

The 50324 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 34/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 50324 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Polk County, Iowa. 50324 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

50324's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. For an operator, 50324 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.