ZIP 51002 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Buena Vista County, Iowa · Affordable market
ZIP code 51002 in Buena Vista County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 23/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. The split runs 50/100 structural to 4/100 active on the ground. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (50/100), institutional ownership (33/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (33/100) and mortgage stress (14/100) register low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (60/100).
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.7% over the trailing year, and 9% higher over three years, at 21/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
About 2,866 people live here, median age 37. The vacancy rate is 8.4%. Owners hold 82% of homes, renters 18%. Roughly 6.5% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. The ZIP holds roughly 1,174 housing units. Median household income is $69,375, near the U.S. median near $78,000. The typical home is worth about $167,100 (2.1× income, relatively affordable). Around 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 48% of renters are cost-burdened. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 26/100.
Net-net, 51002 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. No parcel file is published for 51002 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.
Big metro or rural, 51002 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 23/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Buena Vista County, Iowa and the nation. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 51002 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.
Each component behind 51002 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 23/100 roll-up. In workflow terms, 51002 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.
What is driving ZIP 51002’s distress
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
The 51002 distress snapshot
A live read on 51002: distress, market phase, housing and bank pressure — identical to the report behind every parcel.
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The complete 51002 distress and acquisition report
Every distressed parcel in 51002 comes with owner and address, APN, its own distress score, bank exposure and an exit-velocity read — plus a one-click path to owner and lender records, refreshed continuously nationwide.
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