ZIP 51556 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 51556 in Harrison County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 28/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 66/100 against active distress of 6/100. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (54/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (21/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)).

The peak-phase market in 51556 posted values that rose 3.6% over the year, at 24/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

84% of housing is owner-occupied. At $59,821, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Population is roughly 289 with a median age of 51. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $139,600 (1.8× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 23/100. Vacancy runs 8.8%. There are about 140 housing units across 51556. The poverty rate is 18.7% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Rent burden reaches 18% of tenant households.

On balance 51556 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.