ZIP 52037 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 52037 (Clinton County, Iowa) at a low 20/100 for overall property distress. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (66/100). Latent structural risk is 46/100 while live distress already moving reads 2/100. Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (63/100), structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (13/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (13/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.7% over the trailing year (phase confidence 22/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Median household income is $87,361, above the U.S. median near $78,000. The ZIP holds roughly 479 housing units. The vacancy rate is 11.7% — elevated. Educational attainment sits at 24% bachelor's-or-above. Around 10% of renters are cost-burdened. About 1,014 people live here, median age 40. Roughly 3.5% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Owners hold 89% of homes, renters 11%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 19/100. The typical home is worth about $198,400 (2.1× income, relatively affordable).

Broadly, 52037 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. Parcel-level detail for 52037 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

The number is not local guesswork: 52037's 20/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. 52037 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

52037's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. The point of the 52037 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.