ZIP 50466 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Howard County, Iowa's ZIP 50466 registers 19/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. On the structural side it scores 42/100, with 5/100 of stress already active. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (53/100), structural risk (42/100), institutional ownership (39/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (39/100) and mortgage stress (16/100) register low.

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.

Around 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 26% of renters are cost-burdened. At $60,833, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 26/100. About 2,089 people live here, median age 33. 71% of housing is owner-occupied. The ZIP holds roughly 851 housing units. The vacancy rate is 12.4% — elevated. The poverty rate is 9.4%. The typical home is worth about $209,800 (2.6× income, relatively affordable).

Net-net, 50466 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.