ZIP 52214 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 52214 (Linn County, Iowa) at a low 25/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 56 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (56/100), construction/permit lag (52/100), institutional ownership (19/100). institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100).

Prices here sit in a neutral phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 32% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

2,770 residents call 52214 home, typically aged 45. Vacancy runs 15.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 11.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 22% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 86% of homes, renters 14%. Rent burden reaches 42% of tenant households. There are about 1,279 housing units across 52214. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. Home values center near $234,600, an affordability ratio of 2.8× — accessible. Median household income is $83,450, near the U.S. median near $78,000.

Taken together, 52214 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.