ZIP 51458 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Sac County, Iowa's ZIP 51458 registers 9/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as minimal. The split runs 21/100 structural to 1/100 active on the ground. Leading the profile are construction/permit lag (33/100), structural risk (21/100), 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 (phase confidence 28/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Vacancy runs 19.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The ZIP holds roughly 658 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 51458 scores 23/100. About 23% have a four-year degree. The poverty rate is 5.9% — low. The tenure split is 80% owner-occupied to 20% rented. Median household income is $73,984, near the U.S. median near $78,000. About 1,255 people live here, median age 46. Around 25% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $149,400, an affordability ratio of 2.0× — accessible.

Net-net, 51458 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 51458 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

No ZIP is too small to score: 51458 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 9/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 51458 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

Behind 51458'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. Treat 51458 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.