ZIP 51029 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Cherokee County, Iowa's ZIP 51029 registers 18/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100). Structural risk reads 42/100 against active distress of 0/100. What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (50/100), structural risk (42/100), construction/permit lag (11/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (11/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year (phase confidence 28/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

4.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 42/100. About 226 people live here, median age 56. About 13% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. Owners hold 89% of homes, renters 11%. Median household income is $79,688, near the U.S. median near $78,000. The vacancy rate is 8.0%. The ZIP holds roughly 131 housing units.

On balance, 51029 reads as a higher-equity, stable market where distress is selective and worth pinpointing parcel by parcel. No parcel file is published for 51029 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Whether 51029 runs hot or quiet, its 18/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 51029 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Cherokee County, Iowa or nationwide. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 51029 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

51029's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. In workflow terms, 51029 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.