ZIP 51447 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Shelby County, Iowa's ZIP 51447 registers 20/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The latent-versus-live split is 46/100 structural and 4/100 already moving. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (28/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (28/100) and mortgage stress (12/100) register low.

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.

A median home runs $141,700 here, or 2.1 times local income. Roughly 3.8% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Households earn a median $114,643 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 56% have a four-year degree. Around 25% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 51447 scores 20/100. The vacancy rate is 35.4% — elevated. About 132 people live here, median age 60. The ZIP holds roughly 82 housing units. The tenure split is 94% owner-occupied to 6% rented.

Net-net, 51447 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.