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

DLRadar tracks property distress across Linn County, Iowa using verifiable public-record signals alone. County-level credit and bank headwind reads 34/100. 30 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 23/100 distress. Across its ZIPs, composite distress spans 14 to 26 out of 100.

In its neutral phase, Linn County home prices rose 4.9% across the last year (phase confidence 33/100). With pricing topped out, distress turns selective with opportunity concentrated by ZIP.

With Linn County flat at +4.9% YoY (33/100 confidence), selectivity rules — target the few ZIPs carrying distress. A steady 34/100 bank reading puts the live signals on tax delinquency, probate and liens.

Top distress by ZIP runs 52202 (26/100), 52214 (26/100), 52219 (26/100), 52227 (26/100), 52233 (26/100), 52302 (26/100), listed with every scored ZIP below. Also scored across the county: 52314, 52328, 52336, 52341, 52344, 52401, 52402, 52403, 52404, 52405.

Profile-wise, the Linn County ZIPs on file come in at incomes around $80,554, 6.1% of units sitting vacant, 80% of homes owner-occupied, median home values around $250,659 (below the national figure), 8.6% of households below the poverty line, residents with a median age around 41.4. These fundamentals drive the depth of motivated supply and the pace of resale.

With a low 23/100 reading over 30 ZIPs, distress here is parcel-specific — work it parcel by parcel. Inside DLRadar, each Linn County property carries owner, address and APN, a score, the bank behind the note and how fast it should sell.

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

Approach Linn County by rank rather than by average — the 23/100 county figure conceals the spread, since the returns live in the top-scoring ZIPs. Provenance for Linn County is explicit: recorders and courts for filings, FHFA for prices, FDIC for lenders. No interpolation, no synthetic values.

Drilling in, Linn County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 52202 (26/100), 52214 (26/100), 52219 (26/100), 52227 (26/100), 52233 (26/100), 52302 (26/100). DLRadar also scores 52314, 52328, 52336, 52341, 52344, 52401, 52402, 52403 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 Linn 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.