ZIP 51579 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 51579 in Harrison County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 28/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). The latent-versus-live split is 66/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (54/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (21/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.6% year on year, and 10% higher over three years (phase confidence 24/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Around 40% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 9.6% live below the poverty line. A median home runs $204,400 here, or 2.6 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 51579 scores 28/100. Households earn a median $70,833 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 965 housing units. About 23% have a four-year degree. About 2,205 people live here, median age 36. The tenure split is 77% owner-occupied to 23% rented. The vacancy rate is 13.2% — elevated.

Net-net, 51579 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.