ZIP 50853 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Cass County, Iowa · Affordable market
ZIP code 50853 in Cass County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 15/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Latent structural risk is 32/100 while live distress already moving reads 1/100. Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (57/100), structural risk (32/100), institutional ownership (4/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (4/100) and mortgage stress (3/100) register low.
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.5% over the trailing year, at 28/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
Median household income is $71,250, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $169,100, an affordability ratio of 3.0× — accessible. The poverty rate is 13.7%. About 23% have a four-year degree. Around 30% of renters are cost-burdened. Owners hold 82% of homes, renters 18%. The vacancy rate is 6.5%. Population is roughly 773 with a median age of 43. On demographic stress specifically, 50853 scores 27/100. The ZIP holds roughly 326 housing units.
Overall, 50853 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.
The 50853 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 15/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 50853 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Cass County, Iowa. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 50853 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.
The 15/100 for 50853 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For an operator, 50853 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.
What is driving ZIP 50853’s distress
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties carry owner, address, APN, a parcel-level score and an exit read in the full DLRadar file.
ZIP 50853 Stress Report snapshot
Current distress, phase, housing and lender-pressure figures for 50853, drawn from the same report attached to each property.
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