ZIP 52155 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Howard County, Iowa's ZIP 52155 registers 17/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (83/100), structural risk (38/100), institutional ownership (27/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (27/100) and mortgage stress (12/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 38 and live distress 4 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year (phase confidence 28/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Vacancy runs 19.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Home values center near $116,500, an affordability ratio of 1.8× — accessible. 3.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. 88% of housing is owner-occupied. Households earn a median $68,750 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 572 housing units across 52155. 1,181 residents call 52155 home, typically aged 44. Around 6% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 20/100. Educational attainment sits at 11% bachelor's-or-above.

On the whole, 52155 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Parcel-level detail for 52155 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Whether 52155 runs hot or quiet, its 17/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 52155 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Howard County, Iowa or nationwide. 52155 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 17/100 for 52155 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. The point of the 52155 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.