ZIP 50602 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 50602's composite property-distress score is 24/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Butler County, Iowa. The latent-versus-live split is 54/100 structural and 5/100 already moving. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (88/100), structural risk (54/100), institutional ownership (38/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (38/100) and mortgage stress (18/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year, at 28/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

There are about 619 housing units across 50602. The vacancy rate is 8.7%. Median household income is $64,722, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 25% of renters are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 7.9%. Educational attainment sits at 16% bachelor's-or-above. Population is roughly 1,372 with a median age of 47. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 22/100. The tenure split is 75% owner-occupied to 25% rented. Home values center near $118,100, an affordability ratio of 1.6× — accessible.

On balance 50602 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. There is no property file for 50602 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

The number is not local guesswork: 50602's 24/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 50602 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 24/100 for 50602 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For a buyer, 50602 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.