ZIP 51537 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Shelby County, Iowa's ZIP 51537 registers 20/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. On the structural side it scores 46/100, with 4/100 of stress already active. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (28/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (28/100) and mortgage stress (12/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year, and 19% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Around 38% of renters are cost-burdened. About 6,480 people live here, median age 44. The vacancy rate is 7.9%. On demographic stress specifically, 51537 scores 27/100. Roughly 8.6% live below the poverty line. The tenure split is 73% owner-occupied to 27% rented. Households earn a median $62,353 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $166,800 here, or 2.6 times local income. About 24% have a four-year degree. The ZIP holds roughly 2,827 housing units.

Net-net, 51537 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.