ZIP 51533 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 51533 in Montgomery County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 18/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 42/100 against active distress of 3/100. Leading the profile are construction/permit lag (76/100), structural risk (42/100), institutional ownership (25/100). institutional ownership (25/100) and mortgage stress (11/100) stay muted.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.1% year on year, at 22/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Median household income is $62,727, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 18% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 23/100. Around 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 12.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Population is roughly 828 with a median age of 47. Home values center near $136,500, an affordability ratio of 2.1× — accessible. The ZIP holds roughly 395 housing units. The vacancy rate is 9.6%. 81% of housing is owner-occupied.

Net-net, 51533 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. While 51533 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The number is not local guesswork: 51533's 18/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Sparse data for 51533 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

51533's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For an operator, 51533 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.