ZIP 51553 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Pottawattamie County, Iowa, ZIP 51553 scores 26 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), climate & FEMA risk (82/100). The latent-versus-live split is 58/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (58/100), structural risk (58/100), mortgage stress (21/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (21/100) and construction/permit lag (8/100) register low.

The neutral-phase market in 51553 posted values that rose 3.8% over the year, and 40% higher over three years, at 24/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

The typical home is worth about $225,900 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). Roughly 5.3% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Median household income is $88,750, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 5% of tenant households. About 1,007 people live here, median age 36. On demographic stress specifically, 51553 scores 19/100. Around 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The ZIP holds roughly 391 housing units. 89% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 6.7%.

Net-net, 51553 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Parcel-level detail for 51553 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The 51553 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 26/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 51553 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Where the public record is thin for 51553, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

51553's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. For a buyer, 51553 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.