ZIP 50843 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 50843 in Cass County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 15/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (62/100), structural risk (33/100), institutional ownership (5/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (5/100) and mortgage stress (4/100). Structural exposure scores 33 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year, at 28/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

There are about 246 housing units across 50843. A median home runs $105,000 here, or 1.7 times local income. The tenure split is 76% owner-occupied to 24% rented. The vacancy rate is 8.8%. The poverty rate is 23.4% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Households earn a median $48,438 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 37% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 462 with a median age of 45. On demographic stress specifically, 50843 scores 28/100.

On the whole, 50843 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

Whether 50843 runs hot or quiet, its 15/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 50843 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Cass County, Iowa or nationwide. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 50843 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

Each component behind 50843 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 15/100 roll-up. Treat 50843 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.