ZIP 50604 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 50604 (Butler County, Iowa) lands at 21/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (67/100), structural risk (48/100), institutional ownership (36/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (36/100) and mortgage stress (15/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 48/100 structural and 4/100 already moving. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (64/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.7% year on year, and 31% higher over three years (phase confidence 25/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $63,750, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $168,200 (2.4× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 23/100. The ZIP holds roughly 737 housing units. The poverty rate is 8.4%. Around 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 24% of renters are cost-burdened. 85% of housing is owner-occupied. About 1,713 people live here, median age 39. The vacancy rate is 8.7%.

Net-net, 50604 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.