ZIP 51521 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 51521 (Pottawattamie County, Iowa) at a moderate 31/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 70 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (70/100), institutional ownership (47/100). mortgage stress (18/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (67/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (66/100), FEMA disaster exposure (60/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.1% over the trailing year, and 20% higher over three years, at 25/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

1,935 residents call 51521 home, typically aged 42. Owners hold 74% of homes, renters 26%. There are about 965 housing units across 51521. Rent burden reaches 51% of tenant households. Home values center near $202,800, an affordability ratio of 2.4× — accessible. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. 10.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $71,715, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 8.2%. Educational attainment sits at 28% bachelor's-or-above.

Overall, 51521 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.