ZIP 51501 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 51501 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 36/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 82/100 against active distress of 6/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), climate & FEMA risk (82/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (82/100), institutional ownership (56/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (21/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.6% year on year, and 25% higher over three years, at 24/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Vacancy runs 6.2%. A median home runs $152,400 here, or 2.4 times local income. Households earn a median $59,314 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 51501 scores 27/100. About 34,928 people live here, median age 38. About 17% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 66% owner-occupied to 34% rented. Roughly 13.6% live below the poverty line. There are about 15,053 housing units across 51501. Rent burden reaches 31% of tenant households.

Net-net, 51501 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.