ZIP 51526 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 51526 (Pottawattamie County, Iowa) at a moderate 36/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (82/100), institutional ownership (56/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (21/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), climate & FEMA risk (82/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). On the structural side it scores 82/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

The peak-phase market in 51526 posted values that rose 3.6% over the year, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 24/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The vacancy rate is 4.0%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 22/100. The ZIP holds roughly 680 housing units. Around 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 14% of renters are cost-burdened. 90% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 1.4% — low. The typical home is worth about $334,300 (3.3× income, relatively affordable). At $99,625, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Population is roughly 1,694 with a median age of 45.

On balance 51526 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.