ZIP 50542 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Wright County, Iowa's ZIP 50542 registers 26/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 59 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (76/100), institutional ownership (63/100), structural risk (59/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (25/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (64/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (60/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 50542 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.

Population is roughly 873 with a median age of 48. There are about 440 housing units across 50542. Owners hold 85% of homes, renters 15%. Educational attainment sits at 21% bachelor's-or-above. Vacancy runs 12.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 9.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 47% of tenant households. Median household income is $67,708, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $138,400, an affordability ratio of 1.8× — accessible. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100.

On the whole, 50542 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.