Benton County, IA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

DLRadar tracks property distress across Benton County, Iowa using verifiable public-record signals alone. On bank and credit headwind, Benton County scores 55/100. Across its ZIPs, composite distress spans 6 to 25 out of 100. Coverage runs to 24 ZIPs across Benton County, a low 20/100 average.

Currently neutral, Benton County saw prices rise 4.9% year over year (phase confidence 33/100). On a market plateau, the opportunity narrows leaving the wins in individual deals.

With Benton County flat at +4.9% YoY (33/100 confidence), opportunity is parcel-specific so the headline market won't hand it over. Mid-range bank stress at 55/100 means both signal sets in play here.

Distress concentrates in ZIP 52225 (25/100), ZIP 52324 (25/100), ZIP 52213 (24/100), ZIP 52228 (24/100), ZIP 52224 (23/100), ZIP 52351 (21/100) — drill into any for the parcel-level read. Further scored ZIPs: 52206, 52208, 52229, 52249, 52257, 52313, 52315, 52345, 52346, 52349.

By the numbers, Benton County's tracked footprint come in at vacancy near 6.9%, poverty running near 7.5%, median home values around $210,470 (below the national figure), residents with a median age around 43.3, a median household income near $88,442 (above the US norm), 86% owner-occupancy. These fundamentals set up who sells under pressure and how fast a deal moves.

All in at 20/100 over 24 ZIPs, the edge is selective acquisition and not a county-wide play. Unlock Benton County to see every parcel's owner and contact detail, APN, a distress score plus a funding-to-closing path.

Whether Benton County, Iowa carries heavy distress or only a handful of flagged parcels, every score here is built the same deterministic way — from recorded foreclosures, tax delinquency, liens and lender stress — so Benton County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

The way to work Benton County, Iowa is top-down — start with the highest-scoring ZIPs (up to 25/100 here), then drill to the parcels driving those numbers, rather than blanketing Benton County with undifferentiated outreach. What supports the Benton County read is documentary: filings from the recorder and courts, federal price and bank data, and blanks wherever coverage is thin.

Drilling in, Benton County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 52225 (25/100), 52324 (25/100), 52213 (24/100), 52228 (24/100), 52224 (23/100), 52351 (21/100). DLRadar also scores 52206, 52208, 52229, 52249, 52257, 52313, 52315, 52345 and more across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

The Benton County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.