ZIP 51243 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 51243 (Lyon County, Iowa) lands at 23/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (70/100), structural risk (55/100), institutional ownership (51/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (19/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100). On the structural side it scores 55/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year (phase confidence 28/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The tenure split is 91% owner-occupied to 9% rented. Roughly 2.7% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. The vacancy rate is 9.0%. The ZIP holds roughly 310 housing units. Households earn a median $75,750 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 19% have a four-year degree. About 702 people live here, median age 40. On demographic stress specifically, 51243 scores 17/100. Around 16% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $92,200 here, or 1.2 times local income.

Net-net, 51243 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.