ZIP 50539 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 50539 in Kossuth County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 23/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 51 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (91/100), structural risk (51/100), institutional ownership (37/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (37/100) and mortgage stress (15/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (61/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 50539 posted values that rose 5.4% over the year, at 28/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Home values center near $70,800, an affordability ratio of 1.1× — accessible. There are about 239 housing units across 50539. Population is roughly 470 with a median age of 51. Educational attainment sits at 21% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 93% of homes, renters 7%. Vacancy runs 19.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households. Median household income is $64,271, below the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 22/100. 7.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

On the whole, 50539 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.