ZIP 50562 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Palo Alto County, Iowa, ZIP 50562 scores 24 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (90/100), structural risk (57/100), institutional ownership (45/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (19/100) register low. Structural risk reads 57/100 against active distress of 6/100.

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.

Vacancy runs 30.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The typical home is worth about $100,000 (1.2× income, relatively affordable). Rent burden reaches 37% of tenant households. The poverty rate is 12.1%. 81% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100. There are about 272 housing units across 50562. Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. About 346 people live here, median age 59. At $63,750, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Net-net, 50562 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.