ZIP 51439 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Crawford County, Iowa, ZIP 51439 scores 14 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's distress index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (63/100)). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (29/100), construction/permit lag (25/100), institutional ownership (19/100). institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted. Latent structural risk is 29/100 while live distress already moving reads 2/100.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year, at 28/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Home values center near $87,900, an affordability ratio of 1.5× — accessible. Median household income is $59,231, below the U.S. median near $78,000. About 785 people live here, median age 61. 72% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 366 housing units across 51439. The vacancy rate is 6.7%. The poverty rate is 14.5%. Educational attainment sits at 12% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100. Rent burden reaches 25% of tenant households.

On balance 51439 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Parcel-level detail for 51439 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

Big metro or rural, 51439 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 14/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Crawford County, Iowa and the nation. Where the record is thin for 51439, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Behind 51439'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. For an operator, 51439 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.