ZIP 52053 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 52053 (Dubuque County, Iowa) lands at 28/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (77/100), structural risk (65/100), institutional ownership (41/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (16/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 65/100, with 5/100 of stress already active. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (66/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.8% year on year, and 12% higher over three years (phase confidence 38/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Households earn a median $103,250 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 1.6% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. About 1,160 people live here, median age 46. The tenure split is 77% owner-occupied to 23% rented. Around 2% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $251,900 here, or 2.7 times local income. About 25% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 52053 scores 20/100. The ZIP holds roughly 462 housing units. The vacancy rate is 1.2%.

Net-net, 52053 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.