ZIP 50451 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 50451 (Kossuth County, Iowa) lands at 22/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (90/100), structural risk (49/100), institutional ownership (35/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (35/100) and mortgage stress (14/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). On the structural side it scores 49/100, with 4/100 of stress already active.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year (phase confidence 28/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The poverty rate is 14.7%. Around 54% of renters are cost-burdened. At $72,500, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. 82% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 6.2%. The ZIP holds roughly 286 housing units. Around 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $53,300 (0.7× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 24/100. About 455 people live here, median age 58.

Net-net, 50451 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.