ZIP 51573 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 51573's composite property-distress score is 16/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Montgomery County, Iowa. The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (43/100), structural risk (35/100), mortgage stress (17/100). On the quiet end sit structural risk (35/100) and mortgage stress (17/100). Structurally it carries 35/100, against 5/100 of stress already in motion. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100)).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year, at 28/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The vacancy rate is 5.5%. 1,069 residents call 51573 home, typically aged 50. Median household income is $86,111, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 13% of tenant households. About 27% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 82% owner-occupied to 18% rented. 4.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 17/100. Home values center near $133,800, an affordability ratio of 1.3× — accessible. The ZIP holds roughly 444 housing units.

Broadly, 51573 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. Parcel-level detail for 51573 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The 51573 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 16/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 51573 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Montgomery County, Iowa. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 51573, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 16/100 figure for 51573 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Treat 51573 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.