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

Clayton County, Iowa is scored end-to-end by DLRadar for property distress, drawn only from deterministic public records. Coverage runs to 24 ZIPs across Clayton County, a low 15/100 average. The county's ZIP scores run from 13 up to 23/100. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 75/100 (elevated).

Currently peak, Clayton County saw prices rise 2.5% year over year, a 28/100-confidence read. On a market plateau, broad sweeps stop paying as the ZIP scores below show.

At +2.5% YoY and 28/100 confidence, selectivity rules well beyond the county average. An elevated 75/100 reading signals what's coming: short sales and foreclosures accelerate.

Top distress by ZIP runs 52073 (23/100), 52053 (22/100), 52050 (17/100), 52035 (16/100), 52052 (16/100), 52042 (15/100), listed with every scored ZIP below. Further scored ZIPs: 52043, 52044, 52047, 52048, 52049, 52066, 52072, 52076, 52077, 52157.

Profile-wise, the Clayton County ZIPs on file show vacancy near 12.9%, a median age of 46.5, typical home values near $160,022, poverty running near 13.8%, an owner-occupied share of 81%, household income averaging about $66,472, below the national median. Numbers like these frame the depth of motivated supply and the pace of resale.

With a low 15/100 reading over 24 ZIPs, Clayton County rewards parcel-by-parcel work where the ZIP scores point. Inside DLRadar, each Clayton County property carries owner and contact detail, APN, per-parcel scoring with lender exposure and resale velocity.

The distress read for Clayton County, Iowa is refreshed as new public records post and uses the same methodology coast to coast, so Clayton County stays directly comparable to any other market you track.

The practical read on Clayton County, Iowa is a targeting one — find the ZIPs holding real financial pressure, then work the parcels underneath them. These Clayton County numbers come straight from public filings and refresh as new ones post; a missing source produces a blank field, never an estimate.

The ZIP breakdown for Clayton County leads with 52073 (23/100), 52053 (22/100), 52050 (17/100), 52035 (16/100), 52052 (16/100), 52042 (15/100). DLRadar also scores 52043, 52044, 52047, 52048, 52049, 52066, 52072, 52076 and more across the county. Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.

The Clayton 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.