ZIP 52134 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 52134 in Howard County, Iowa comes in at 18, a low composite-distress reading. Structurally it carries 42/100, against 4/100 of stress already in motion. Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (42/100), institutional ownership (25/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (25/100) and mortgage stress (12/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year (phase confidence 28/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Roughly 8.6% live below the poverty line. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100. There are about 107 housing units across 52134. 91% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. About 12% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $73,603 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Home values center near $208,300, an affordability ratio of 3.1× — accessible. The vacancy rate is 15.1% — elevated. 268 residents call 52134 home, typically aged 31.

Net-net, 52134 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. 52134 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Big metro or rural, 52134 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 18/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Howard County, Iowa and the nation. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 52134 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

Each component behind 52134 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 18/100 roll-up. For an operator, 52134 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.