ZIP 52209 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Benton County, Iowa · Distress market
DLRadar grades ZIP 52209 (Benton County, Iowa) at a low 19/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (79/100), structural risk (47/100), institutional ownership (18/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). On the structural side it scores 47/100, 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 to public records.
The number is not local guesswork: 52209's 19/100 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.
What is driving ZIP 52209’s distress
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties (owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read) are in the full DLRadar report.
Snapshot: 52209 by the numbers
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