ZIP 51562 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Shelby County, Iowa · Affordable market
ZIP 51562's composite property-distress score is 12/100 - DLRadar classes that as minimal for Shelby County, Iowa. The split runs 26/100 structural to 4/100 active on the ground. The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (27/100), structural risk (26/100), construction/permit lag (25/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (25/100) and mortgage stress (12/100).
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.5% over the trailing year (phase confidence 28/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
The ZIP holds roughly 222 housing units. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 21/100. Vacancy runs 4.7%. Educational attainment sits at 16% bachelor's-or-above. Roughly 11.4% live below the poverty line. Owners hold 85% of homes, renters 15%. Median household income is $61,250, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $159,000, an affordability ratio of 2.6× — accessible. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. 590 residents call 51562 home, typically aged 49.
Net-net, 51562 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Parcel-level detail for 51562 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.
The number is not local guesswork: 51562's 12/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 51562 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.
51562'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. Treat 51562 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.
Signal-by-signal read on 51562
Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties — each with owner, address, APN, its own distress score and an exit read — are in the full report.
Snapshot: 51562 by the numbers
A live read on 51562: distress, market phase, housing and bank pressure — identical to the report behind every parcel.
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