ZIP 51239 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 51239 in Sioux County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 21/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structurally it carries 47/100, against 5/100 of stress already in motion. Its heaviest discrete signals: institutional ownership (49/100), structural risk (47/100), mortgage stress (18/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (18/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (99/100), climate & FEMA risk (60/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.5% over the trailing year, and 25% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Population is roughly 2,947 with a median age of 38. The typical home is worth about $236,500 (2.8× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 3.3%. On demographic stress specifically, 51239 scores 24/100. The tenure split is 88% owner-occupied to 12% rented. Around 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 6.6% — low. Rent burden reaches 30% of tenant households. The ZIP holds roughly 1,085 housing units. At $82,353, median income runs near typical U.S. levels.

Broadly, 51239 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. 51239 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The number is not local guesswork: 51239's 21/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 51239 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

51239's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. For an operator, 51239 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.