ZIP 50598 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 50598 in Kossuth County, Iowa comes in at 23, a low composite-distress reading. Structural exposure scores 53 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (53/100), institutional ownership (40/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (15/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.5% over the trailing year, and 6% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

3.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. 927 residents call 50598 home, typically aged 37. Households earn a median $78,828 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 20% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $110,900, an affordability ratio of 1.3× — accessible. The ZIP holds roughly 392 housing units. Vacancy runs 12.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 50598 scores 19/100. Owners hold 85% of homes, renters 15%.

On the whole, 50598 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 50598 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The number is not local guesswork: 50598's 23/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Where the public record is thin for 50598, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 23/100 figure for 50598 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. In workflow terms, 50598 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.