ZIP 51571 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 51571 (Mills County, Iowa) at a low 22/100 for overall property distress. The latent-versus-live split is 50/100 structural and 3/100 already moving. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (50/100), institutional ownership (21/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (21/100) and mortgage stress (9/100).

The peak-phase market in 51571 posted values that rose 3.6% over the year, and 33% higher over three years (phase confidence 24/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

At $92,778, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 22/100. The poverty rate is 4.8% — low. Around 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The ZIP holds roughly 328 housing units. The typical home is worth about $221,400 (2.4× income, relatively affordable). Around 14% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 858 with a median age of 38. The vacancy rate is 7.9%. 84% of housing is owner-occupied.

Broadly, 51571 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.