ZIP 51450 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 51450 (Sac County, Iowa) lands at 10/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. On the structural side it scores 23/100, with 1/100 of stress already active. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (42/100), structural risk (23/100), mortgage stress (4/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year, and 22% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $77,619, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 22% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 86% owner-occupied to 14% rented. There are about 1,030 housing units across 51450. Roughly 5.8% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Vacancy runs 34.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. A median home runs $184,800 here, or 2.3 times local income. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100. Educational attainment sits at 29% bachelor's-or-above. About 1,532 people live here, median age 54.

Taken together, 51450 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 51450 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The 51450 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 10/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 51450 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Sac County, Iowa. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 51450, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 10/100 for 51450 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. The point of the 51450 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.