ZIP 50612 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 50612 (Tama County, Iowa) at a low 21/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (46/100), construction/permit lag (43/100), institutional ownership (34/100). institutional ownership (34/100) and mortgage stress (14/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 46 and live distress 4 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.5% over the trailing year, at 25/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The tenure split is 83% owner-occupied to 17% rented. 338 residents call 50612 home, typically aged 28. A median home runs $291,900 here. On demographic stress specifically, 50612 scores 48/100. Rent burden reaches 100% of tenant households. There are about 135 housing units across 50612. Roughly 40.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 36% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 14.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal.

Taken together, 50612 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.