ZIP 51541 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Mills County, Iowa's ZIP 51541 registers 19/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (44/100), institutional ownership (16/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (7/100). Structural risk reads 44/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The peak-phase market in 51541 posted values that rose 3.8% over the year, at 25/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The typical home is worth about $163,600 (1.9× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 14.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 118 housing units across 51541. The poverty rate is 10.3%. 85% of housing is owner-occupied. At $84,167, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 11% of tenant households. Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 402 with a median age of 33. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 22/100.

On the whole, 51541 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.