ZIP 52134 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 52134 (Howard County, Iowa) lands at 18/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. On the structural side it scores 40/100, with 4/100 of stress already active. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (88/100), structural risk (40/100), institutional ownership (28/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (28/100) and mortgage stress (12/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year (phase confidence 28/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Roughly 8.6% live below the poverty line. On demographic stress specifically, 52134 scores 23/100. The ZIP holds roughly 107 housing units. The tenure split is 91% owner-occupied to 9% rented. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. About 12% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $73,603 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $208,300 here, or 3.1 times local income. The vacancy rate is 15.1% — elevated. About 268 people live here, median age 31.

Net-net, 52134 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.