ZIP 51243 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 51243 in Lyon County, Iowa comes in at 21, a low composite-distress reading. Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (56/100), institutional ownership (50/100), structural risk (50/100). mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100). The split runs 50/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year (phase confidence 28/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Owners hold 91% of homes, renters 9%. 2.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The vacancy rate is 9.0%. The ZIP holds roughly 310 housing units. At $75,750, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Educational attainment sits at 19% bachelor's-or-above. About 702 people live here, median age 40. On demographic stress specifically, 51243 scores 17/100. Rent burden reaches 16% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $92,200 (1.2× income, relatively affordable).

Overall, 51243 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. There is no property file for 51243 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

The number is not local guesswork: 51243's 21/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. 51243 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

51243's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For an operator, 51243 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.