ZIP 52209 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 52209 (Benton County, Iowa) at a low 18/100 for overall property distress. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (79/100), structural risk (42/100), institutional ownership (13/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (13/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). On the structural side it scores 42/100, with 2/100 of stress already active.

The neutral-phase market in 52209 posted values that rose 4.8% over the year, and 7% higher over three years (phase confidence 32/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Owners hold 77% of homes, renters 23%. The typical home is worth about $223,400 (2.7× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 7.1%. The poverty rate is 8.2%. 1,043 residents call 52209 home, typically aged 39. On demographic stress specifically, 52209 scores 26/100. At $73,854, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. There are about 478 housing units across 52209. Around 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households.

Net-net, 52209 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Parcel-level detail for 52209 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

The number is not local guesswork: 52209's 18/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 52209, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

52209's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 52209 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.