ZIP 51355 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Dickinson County, Iowa, ZIP 51355 scores 27 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's distress index. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (63/100), institutional ownership (43/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (24/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100)). On the structural side it scores 63/100, with 7/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.7% over the trailing year, and 10% higher over three years (phase confidence 21/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Around 47% of renters are cost-burdened. 14.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. About 892 people live here, median age 57. At $57,569, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Home values center near $421,100, an affordability ratio of 7.7× — stretched. On demographic stress specifically, 51355 scores 48/100. The tenure split is 71% owner-occupied to 29% rented. There are about 1,492 housing units across 51355. Vacancy runs 64.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal.

Net-net, 51355 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. 51355 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Whether 51355 runs hot or quiet, its 27/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 51355 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Dickinson County, Iowa or nationwide. 51355 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

Behind 51355'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. The point of the 51355 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.