ZIP 50544 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Webster County, Iowa, ZIP 50544 scores 13 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 26/100 against active distress of 1/100. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (26/100), structural risk (26/100), mortgage stress (3/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (64/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.0% year on year, at 23/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

91% of housing is owner-occupied. At $56,944, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. About 554 people live here, median age 28. There are about 282 housing units across 50544. The typical home is worth about $152,700 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). Rent burden reaches 42% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 10.7%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 19.6% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate.

Net-net, 50544 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.