ZIP 52053 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Dubuque County, Iowa, ZIP 52053 scores 22 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Leading the profile are structural risk (49/100), institutional ownership (40/100), construction/permit lag (20/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (20/100) and mortgage stress (16/100) register low. The split runs 49/100 structural to 5/100 active on the ground. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (66/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.3% over the trailing year, and 12% higher over three years (phase confidence 22/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $103,250, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. 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. Owners hold 77% of homes, renters 23%. Around 2% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $251,900 here, or 2.7 times local income. Educational attainment sits at 25% bachelor's-or-above. On demographic stress specifically, 52053 scores 20/100. The ZIP holds roughly 462 housing units. Vacancy runs 1.2%.

Broadly, 52053 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. There is no property file for 52053 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

Whether 52053 runs hot or quiet, its 22/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 52053 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Dubuque County, Iowa or nationwide. 52053 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 22/100 figure for 52053 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. The point of the 52053 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.