ZIP 51535 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 51535 (Cass County, Iowa) at a low 26/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (60/100), institutional ownership (26/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (26/100) and mortgage stress (10/100). The latent-versus-live split is 60/100 structural and 3/100 already moving. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (68/100)).

The peak-phase market in 51535 posted values that rose 4.6% over the year, and 46% higher over three years (phase confidence 25/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

At $83,929, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 29% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 22/100. The vacancy rate is 9.6%. The poverty rate is 6.6% — low. The ZIP holds roughly 791 housing units. Around 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 1,768 with a median age of 50. The typical home is worth about $152,300 (1.6× income, relatively affordable). 83% of housing is owner-occupied.

On balance 51535 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.