ZIP 51542 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Pottawattamie County, Iowa, ZIP 51542 scores 30 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's distress index. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (68/100), construction/permit lag (56/100), institutional ownership (52/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (21/100). The split runs 68/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (82/100), FEMA disaster exposure (60/100).

The neutral-phase market in 51542 posted values that rose 3.8% over the year, and 20% higher over three years, at 24/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Vacancy runs 13.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 3.4% — low. Rent burden reaches 39% of tenant households. Population is roughly 824 with a median age of 56. Households earn a median $112,898 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 51542 scores 23/100. A median home runs $381,500 here, or 3.2 times local income. Owners hold 95% of homes, renters 5%. About 50% have a four-year degree. The ZIP holds roughly 440 housing units.

On the whole, 51542 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 51542 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 51542's 30/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Pottawattamie County, Iowa or any ZIP coast to coast. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 51542 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

51542's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 51542 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.