ZIP 51526 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Pottawattamie County, Iowa · Distress market
ZIP code 51526 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 30/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Its heaviest discrete signals: structural risk (68/100), construction/permit lag (56/100), institutional ownership (52/100). mortgage stress (21/100) stay muted. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (82/100), FEMA disaster exposure (60/100)). Structurally it carries 68/100, against 6/100 of stress already in motion.
The market reads neutral — home values rose 3.8% year on year, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 24/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.
The vacancy rate is 4.0%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 22/100. There are about 680 housing units across 51526. About 25% have a four-year degree. Around 14% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 90% owner-occupied to 10% rented. Roughly 1.4% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Home values center near $334,300, an affordability ratio of 3.3× — accessible. At $99,625, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. About 1,694 people live here, median age 45.
Overall, 51526 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. There is no property file for 51526 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.
The 51526 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 30/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 51526 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Sparse data for 51526 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
51526's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. The point of the 51526 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.
What is driving ZIP 51526’s distress
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties are listed in full, with owner, address, APN, per-parcel score and exit-velocity read.
ZIP 51526 Stress Report snapshot
Current distress, phase, housing and lender-pressure figures for 51526, drawn from the same report attached to each property.
Neighbouring ZIPs in Pottawattamie County
Nearest ZIP codes to 51526
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More distress data near 51526
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The complete 51526 distress and acquisition report
Every distressed parcel in 51526 comes with owner and address, APN, its own distress score, bank exposure and an exit-velocity read — plus a one-click path to owner and lender records, refreshed continuously nationwide.
Deterministic scoring, sourced entirely from public data · methodology