ZIP 50848 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 50848 in Taylor County, Iowa comes in at 15, a low composite-distress reading. On the structural side it scores 35/100, with 1/100 of stress already active. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (93/100), structural risk (35/100), mortgage stress (4/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low.

The peak-phase market in 50848 posted values that rose 2.5% over the year (phase confidence 28/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Households earn a median $54,500 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The poverty rate is 15.5%. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. A median home runs $158,800 here, or 1.3 times local income. 251 residents call 50848 home, typically aged 42. The tenure split is 75% owner-occupied to 25% rented. Rent burden reaches 24% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 41.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100. There are about 179 housing units across 50848.

On the whole, 50848 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. 50848 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

No ZIP is too small to score: 50848 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 15/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 50848 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 15/100 figure for 50848 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For an operator, 50848 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.