ZIP 50598 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 50598 in Kossuth County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 23/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (60/100). On the structural side it scores 51/100, with 5/100 of stress already active. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (91/100), structural risk (51/100), institutional ownership (38/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (38/100) and mortgage stress (15/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year, and 6% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The poverty rate is 3.2% — low. About 927 people live here, median age 37. At $78,828, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 20% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $110,900 (1.3× income, relatively affordable). The ZIP holds roughly 392 housing units. The vacancy rate is 12.8% — elevated. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 19/100. 85% of housing is owner-occupied.

Net-net, 50598 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.