ZIP 52002 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 52002 (Dubuque County, Iowa) at a moderate 30/100 for overall property distress. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100), climate & FEMA risk (72/100). On the structural side it scores 69/100, with 5/100 of stress already active. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (79/100), structural risk (69/100), institutional ownership (47/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (18/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.0% year on year, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 41/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The ZIP holds roughly 7,333 housing units. The vacancy rate is 5.0%. Around 41% of renters are cost-burdened. About 40% have a four-year degree. About 17,931 people live here, median age 39. On demographic stress specifically, 52002 scores 27/100. Roughly 10.0% live below the poverty line. A median home runs $298,900 here, or 3.1 times local income. Households earn a median $88,060 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 75% owner-occupied to 25% rented.

Net-net, 52002 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.