ZIP 51543 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Audubon County, Iowa, ZIP 51543 scores 13 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (39/100), structural risk (28/100), institutional ownership (27/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (27/100) and mortgage stress (11/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 28 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year, at 28/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 435 people live here, median age 43. There are about 188 housing units across 51543. A median home runs $163,000 here, or 2.6 times local income. About 10% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 76% owner-occupied to 24% rented. Vacancy runs 14.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 51543 scores 36/100. Households earn a median $55,625 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Rent burden reaches 67% of tenant households. Roughly 23.4% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory.

Net-net, 51543 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.