ZIP 50601 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored purely from public records, 50601 (Franklin County, Iowa) returns a low composite of 16/100. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (48/100), structural risk (37/100), institutional ownership (24/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (24/100) and mortgage stress (11/100). Structural exposure scores 37 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.4% over the trailing year, and 38% higher over three years, at 27/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

2,377 residents call 50601 home, typically aged 44. The typical home is worth about $127,200 (1.8× income, relatively affordable). DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100. The tenure split is 83% owner-occupied to 17% rented. Households earn a median $63,869 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 1,179 housing units. 12.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 42% of renters are cost-burdened. Vacancy runs 11.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 21% have a four-year degree.

On balance 50601 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Parcel-level detail for 50601 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The number is not local guesswork: 50601's 16/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 50601, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

50601's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 50601 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.