ZIP 50604 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 50604's composite property-distress score is 20/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Butler County, Iowa. Structural risk reads 47/100 against active distress of 4/100. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (84/100), structural risk (47/100), institutional ownership (28/100). institutional ownership (28/100) and mortgage stress (15/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.4% over the trailing year, and 31% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Households earn a median $63,750 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $168,200 here, or 2.4 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 50604 scores 23/100. The ZIP holds roughly 737 housing units. Roughly 8.4% live below the poverty line. About 25% have a four-year degree. Around 24% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 85% owner-occupied to 15% rented. 1,713 residents call 50604 home, typically aged 39. The vacancy rate is 8.7%.

Overall, 50604 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Parcel-level detail for 50604 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

Big metro or rural, 50604 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 20/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Butler County, Iowa and the nation. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 50604 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

The 20/100 for 50604 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Practically, 50604 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.