ZIP 50517 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Kossuth County, Iowa, ZIP 50517 scores 22 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 49 and live distress 4 on the 0–100 scale. Its standout 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).

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

About 899 people live here, median age 38. Vacancy runs 16.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 462 housing units across 50517. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $124,700 (2.1× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 13.4%. Rent burden reaches 49% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. 74% of housing is owner-occupied. At $52,596, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Net-net, 50517 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.