ZIP 50585 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Buena Vista County, Iowa, ZIP 50585 scores 27 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (45/100). mortgage stress (18/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). The latent-versus-live split is 61/100 structural and 5/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.0% over the trailing year (phase confidence 23/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The ZIP holds roughly 502 housing units. A median home runs $120,600 here, or 1.4 times local income. Roughly 4.2% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Around 17% of renters are cost-burdened. About 20% have a four-year degree. 1,165 residents call 50585 home, typically aged 43. Households earn a median $70,179 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 87% owner-occupied to 13% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 50585 scores 19/100. The vacancy rate is 14.6% — elevated.

Taken together, 50585 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.