ZIP 52206 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 52206 (Benton County, Iowa) lands at 20/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (85/100), structural risk (49/100), institutional ownership (17/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 49/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100).

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.2% year on year, and 13% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Households earn a median $117,063 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 93% owner-occupied to 7% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 52206 scores 20/100. Around 20% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 2.7% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. About 34% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $309,700 here, or 2.5 times local income. About 2,759 people live here, median age 39. The ZIP holds roughly 918 housing units. The vacancy rate is 1.0%.

Overall 52206 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.