ZIP 51201 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Sioux County, Iowa's ZIP 51201 registers 18/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (97/100). On the structural side it scores 42/100, with 6/100 of stress already active. What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (48/100), structural risk (42/100), mortgage stress (19/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (19/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year, and 19% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The vacancy rate is 13.0% — elevated. The poverty rate is 15.7%. About 21% have a four-year degree. About 6,226 people live here, median age 38. Around 21% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $197,800 here, or 2.6 times local income. At $70,592, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. On demographic stress specifically, 51201 scores 27/100. There are about 2,948 housing units across 51201. 73% of housing is owner-occupied.

Taken together, 51201 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 51201 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Whether 51201 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 51201 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Sioux County, Iowa or nationwide. Where the public record is thin for 51201, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Behind 51201's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. In workflow terms, 51201 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.