ZIP 51503 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 51503 (Pottawattamie County, Iowa) at a moderate 33/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 74 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100), climate & FEMA risk (74/100). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (74/100), institutional ownership (47/100). mortgage stress (18/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.6% over the trailing year, and 20% higher over three years, at 24/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

There are about 16,425 housing units across 51503. 10.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Vacancy runs 5.6%. Median household income is $76,064, near the U.S. median near $78,000. 37,411 residents call 51503 home, typically aged 41. Educational attainment sits at 30% bachelor's-or-above. Home values center near $262,300, an affordability ratio of 3.3× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. Owners hold 68% of homes, renters 32%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 29/100.

Overall, 51503 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.