ZIP 51242 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 51242 (Lyon County, Iowa) at a low 23/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 55 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (70/100), structural risk (55/100), institutional ownership (48/100). mortgage stress (18/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.4% over the trailing year, at 28/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

There are about 132 housing units across 51242. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 22/100. 2.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Vacancy runs 15.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Owners hold 85% of homes, renters 15%. Home values center near $190,900, an affordability ratio of 2.1× — accessible. Median household income is $86,406, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 23% bachelor's-or-above. 346 residents call 51242 home, typically aged 38.

Taken together, 51242 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.